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TIL that the act of throwing someone out of a window is called "Defenestration".

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oNDW TIL in 1876, a railroad bridge collapsed, dropping a train 76 feet into water below and killing 159 people. The President of the railroad had been allowed to design the bridge by an indifferent Engineer. The Engineer was later found with a bullet in his head.
rN141 TIL our best theory of why we sleep is because our brain uses spine juice to wash away the doody proteins
mr8v TIL the Hungarians use a pair of jet engines mounted on a tank to extinguish oil fires
jrZE TIL The directors of Despicable Me wrote a language, minion-eise, for the Minions
x8gg TIL that after cocaine and heroin were legalized in Columbia, drug abuse rates rose 40%