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TIL that it’s possible to produce x-rays by simply unrolling scotch tape

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6E1ZW TIL California takes Jury Duty seriously (up to $1500 or jail time)
9YjmQ TIL that people of the Yanomami tribe do not generally address eachother by their names. It is considered an insult to call a man by his name by his public - in fact, the Yanomami verb "to name" is a synonym of "to insult".
jNyoN TIL Conan O’Brien was his high school’s valedictorian and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. He majored in American History and was the president of the Harvard Lampoon.
VKJ0 TIL in Orlando Florida, heavily-armed SWAT teams raided nine barbershops and arrested 34 people for barbering without a license
J1Rkl TIL: In 1990 a courier was robbed on a street in London, England. The robber made off with bearer bonds to the value of £292 million. Today, this is equivalent to £758 million - or $1.086 billion USD. This is still the highest amount ever stolen in a street robbery.