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TIL that clocks today move clockwise because sundials were first used in the Northern Hemisphere.

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v1abK TIL sunglasses made of smoky quartz were used in 12th century China not to protect from the sun’s rays, but to be used in courts to hide judges facial expressions
LyXZ TIL Cancers are primarily an environmental disease with 90–95% of cases attributed to environmental factors and 5–10% due to genetics.
7rnPX TIL that for the James Bond movies, Goldfinger and Thunderball, Aston Martin produced two Aston M DB5 prototypes. The one was auctioned for $4.6M in 2010. The other car, which appeared in the comedy "The Cannonball Run," was stolen from its Florida-based owner in 1997 and has never been recovered.
kOmX1 Amazon is relaxing its policy around employees using weed, according to a new blog post, and will no longer enforce marijuana drug tests for any employee who isn’t also regulated by the Department of Transportation, like a delivery driver.
97aM TIL April Fools day in French is “Poisson d'Avril” (literally fish of April) and children try to stick a crudely drawn fish on each others back in secrecy.