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TIL how devastating windows are to birds

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PDlJ TIL that North Korea purchased a Brewery plant from Wiltshire, UK and shipped it to North Korea, reassembled it and now brew their own Taedong River Beer
nlPb TIL space smells like “seared steak” or “hot metal” to astronauts returning from spacewalks
8Kp8 TIL the gibberish you hear in Billy and Mandy’s end credits is actually a hidden message when played backwards
Yp9rv TIL of U.S. Patent 3216423: Apparatus for facilitating the birth of a child by centrifugal force, which was intended to facilitate labour by spinning a pregnant mother. The designers believed that "civilised women... often do not have the opportunity to develop the muscles needed in confinement."
Br8Er TIL that bone marrow and solid organ transplant recipients can develop the same food allergies as the transplant donor.