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TIL Paper fortune tellers have 5 other names

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8axaP TIL it is possible to distinguish the parts of Berlin that were formerly West and East from the space: “East” Berlin uses sodium vapor lamps which produce a yellow color, whilst “West” Berlin uses fluorescent lamps produce a white color.
N7dvM TIL 70% of Americans are either overweight or obese
GYW17 TIL alcohol breath is not from the stomach, rather it's from the ethanol diffusing out of the blood in the lungs. Eating food, chewing gum, or vomiting won't help mask how much alcohol is in your system if you're breathalyzed
QavM TIL Ted Bundy, handling his own defense, asked a character witness to marry him during his trial in Florida. Due to an obscure state law, when she said “yes” on the stand their marriage was considered legal.
Lj8v TIL that the “Kentucky meat shower” was an incident in 1876 where flakes of red meat (identified as lung tissue from horse or human infant) fell from the sky for several minutes. Theories include vulture vomit or a type of bacteria called nostoc.