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TIL about Muphry’s law. It states that a written​ criticism of editing will always contain an editing error.

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ANmpg TIL the Eiffel Tοwer was a temporary gimmick for the 1889 World Fair that was never dismantled. Its sparkling lights were also supposed to be a gimmick to ring in New Year 2000, but have stayed on.
Lk8dQ TIL Dolphins sleep 'unihemispheric'. They rest one hemisphere of their brain at a time, and even sleep with one eye open. They cannot breathe unconsciously; they have to actively decide when to breathe & would drown if they slept 'polyhemispheric' like us.
WkkG8 TIL a that there are a group of travelling gutter punks called "crusties" that make NYC's East Village their home during the warm months.
X0PZR TIL in 2015, a man tried to claim he invented the chicken sandwich but U.S Courts ruled that the sandwich couldn't be copyrighted.
7rMgM TIL those "meme" art pieces of I seen of various subjects in weird stances aren't modern and were actually real and painted (in the 1700s) by Joseph Ducreux who enjoyed painting people in funny poses.