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TIL we get more starlight during the day than at night

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Q4g9 TIL Canadian engineers wear a steel ring on their little finger as a reminder of the obligations and ethics of the profession after the same bridge collapsed twice in 1907
gGE9 TIL that Australian Funnel-Web spider fangs can penetrate fingernails and shoes
wdP1 TIL that Quiznos’ policies drove a franchise owner to commit suicide; his suicide note read “Quiznos has killed me. Destroyed my life. Destroyed my family life for the past seven years.”
KOoD4 TIL that the last time the USA officially declared war was in 1941 against Germany, and every "War" after that including Vietnam was never officially declared.
9YQp TIL that cluster headaches are called “suicide headaches,” because as one of the most painful conditions known to medical science, sufferers want to kill themselves during attacks.