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TIL Eye Drops Can Kill You

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0d9N TIL that there’s a muffin stand in San Francisco called Double or Muffin. You buy a muffin and then flip a coin. Get heads and you get another muffin for free. Tails and you just keep the muffin you bought. Double, or muffin.
yQdgV TIL That after he was knighted, Terry Pratchett made a sword for himself, partially out of meteorites. He wanted to equip himself for his new status. With the help of a friend, He gathered the ore from a field near his home and smelted it in a makeshift kiln. He then took the bars to a blacksmith.
KYvkQ TIL red blood cells don’t have mitochondria or a nucleus
9Y8jM TIL that people sentenced to death by beheading were advised to give the headsman a gold coin to ensure he did not botch the beheading and cause a painful death by multiple strokes
E1Veo TIL of Unserdeutsch ("Our German"), or Rabaul Creole German - the only known German-based creole language. It originated in New Guinea during the German colonial period there (1884-1919) and is still spoken by about 100 people, mostly elderly. It will soon become extinct.