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TIL The second largest shareholder in News Corp is a Saudi Oil Billionaire..

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KYKZE TIL About 10% of adults and 15% of kids grind their teeth, which typically occurs at night. Occlusal guards won’t stop teeth grinding but can protect teeth from damage
Bgdak TIL: Cholesterol extracted from Carrots was the basis for the discovery of "Liquid Crystals" due to their two melting point states. The ability to change the polarization of light through the states led to the creation of the LCD screens used today.
9Kvr TIL that 30 british officers tried to escape POW camp “Castle Colditz” (Oflag IV-C) by digging a tunnel. Because they read the compass wrong, they landed in the wine cellar of a german colonel. There they drank 137 bottles of wine, filled them with their urine and placed them back.
9YJMm TIL in the Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford University, a bell that has been ringing, nonstop, for at least 175 years. It's powered by a single battery that was installed in 1840.
4Xn6X TIL that Japanese football fans always clean up their stadium after their World Cup Finals games, a tradition stemming back to the 1998 World Cup.