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TIL postal codes in Ireland are so specific that every single house has their own individual postcode, or Eircode (air-code)

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EnEd TIL that Erwin Schrodinger came up with his famous cat thought experiment in order to illustrate how ridiculous he believed the idea to be
XEDZ8 TIL in the late 1800s Australian surveyors had realised the two tallest mountains, Mt. Kosciuszko and Mt. Townsend, were mismeasured, and in fact Mt. Townsend was taller. Instead of rewriting many textbooks the NSW government decided to switch the two names, leaving us with what we have today.
KYOZB TIL Before Wi-fi and modems people had shows that were transmitted over the radio. These shows had games, calculation programs, educational tools, encyclopedias, and even flight simulators. People tuned in and recorded and played the sounds back to their personal computers.
QNg8E TIL George Washington's statue in London has soil from Virginia under it because Washington said in 1799 "I shall never step on English soil again"
QNyja TIL: The “recto-scope” is a torture method which consists of inserting live rats into a victim's rectum or vagina through a tube.