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TIL under southern Africa there’s an anomaly where the Earth’s magnetic field is reversed, which might be a sign that the entire planet’s magnetic field might reverse again

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O8Z1 TIL that US forces in Afghanistan dropped small, yellow cluster bombs which (if they didn’t detonate on impact) were easily mistaken for the small, yellow food rations they also dropped.
kQe TIL that when Mr. Incredible is chastizing Syndrome at the beginning of The Incredibles, he accidentally calls him Brodie. Syndrome is voiced by Jason Lee, who played the character Brodie in Mallrats.
ydWV TIL shoes were not left or right specific until 1800.
EVyX TIL In 2013, a burglar in Oklahoma used the toilet and forgot to flush. He was caught after being identified by DNA.
4Xkla TIL that the Holy Roman state of Hesse-Kessel became a "mercenary state" renting out its army to other major powers. The state maintained strict neutrality, to the point that it would rent out soldiers to both sides of a conflict and the Hessian soldiers would end up fighting each other.