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TIL skinny jeans can cause nerve damage

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gBQ7 TIL During his trial, Manson stood up and displayed a newspaper with the headline “Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares.” After polling the jurors, the judge was satisfied they would remain impartial and the trial resumed. The lawyer who left the newspaper within Manson’s reach was jailed for three days.
7rkn7 TIL that our brains congest and decongest our nostrils, changing our dominant nose hole every few hours.
GApdN TIL there is no blue or green pigment present in the human eye. Eyes appear blue or green due to Rayleigh scattering, the same phenomenon that makes the sky appear blue. For this reason, blue eyes and green eyes can appear to change color depending on lighting.
b6nxa TIL about the Gunderstrup Cauldron, an ancient silver cauldron showing scenes of animal sacrifice, depicting various warriors, riders, real & mythological animals. Dating from around 200 BC, it's one of the most important Celtic artefacts ever found. It was discovered in a bog in Denmark in 1891.
Z8eYv TIL that there are two KENWOOD companies, KENWOOD Limited (UK) that makes kitchen appliances and KENWOOD Corporation (JP) that makes mainly audio equipment, and that they have no relation to each other