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TIL the weird font used at the bottom of checks (called E-13B) is designed with a different amount of ink in each character so that the text can be read magnetically.

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KObpE TIL During the second northern war, a historically cold winter froze the water in between Sweden and Denmark. Denmark assumed Sweden would wait for spring to attack. Instead, the Swedes marched their army across the frozen ocean and crushed them, taking a lot of land that they still own to this day
4wAb TIL that babies will instinctively hold their breath underwater until the age of six months.
p8MmN TIL that during his 19 year NBA career, Shaq made 11,330 field goals. Only one of those goals was a 3-pointer.
wo6n8 TIL that electric heated jackets exist
LQemv TIL of the Scunthorpe Problem, which is the unintended blocking of names by internet filters due to profanity included within the name (liebshitz, cockburn, etc)