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TIL A tooth that is knocked out if you can shove it back in within 5 minute it may be saved.

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gGaD TIL that Schrödinger did not believe in the possibility of a cat being simultaneously both dead and alive. His thought experiment was meant to criticize the absurdity of the existing view of quantum mechanics.
PyNG TIL some have argued that the US legally holds sovereignty over Taiwan due to a peace treaty signed at the end of World War II. In 2006, a group of Taiwanese residents unsuccessfully filed a complain asking for Taiwanese residents to receive US Constitutional rights for this reason.
yQlNp TIL that George Miller, famous for his post-apocalyptic Australian action franchise Mad Max, also wrote and directed the dancing penguins musical comedy franchise Happy Feet.
8eOa TIL there is a patron saint of the Internet
awlg0 TIL of the Catherine Wheel- A torture device used widely from the Middle Ages until 1841. A victim was tied down and had each limb broken by a cart wheel, and then the limbs were braided between the spokes and the person left to die. One man lasted 9 days before passing.