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TIL a barcode scanner reads the white bars, and not the black bars

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p8yL4 TIL the US banned the publication of a large global study done by the World Health Organization in 1995 on cocaine use. Excerpts from the report conflicted with accepted views such as "occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems"
AZAw TIL Adult meerkats teach their young to hunt scorpions safely by first presenting them with dead scorpions and then soon after with live scorpions that the adult had already removed their deadly stingers from
DQaJe TIL in the 1936 Olympics in Germany, Finnish cross-country skier Kalle Jalkanen spat out his dentures during the last leg of 4x10 km relay, returned to pick them up and went on to finish the race in first place
yQr4p TIL British Rail applied for and were granted a patent to a Flying Saucer in the 1970's.
LQm1p TIL: Long-term administration of ketamine induces erectile dysfunction