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TIL that in Switzerland, in order to vote, you either present your sword or photo ID

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ry0W TIL that despite the fact that it is widely believed that 25% to 40% of bottled water is simply bottled tap water, people spend from 240 to over 10,000 times more per gallon for bottled water than they typically do for tap water.
1yYr TIL Namco filed a patent in 1995 prohibiting other game developers from inserting playable mini-games on their loading screens for the past 20 years.
N7KWe TIL that the reason you get a runny nose while crying is that tears are flowing both out of the eyes but also internally into the nasal passages so you're literally blowing tears out your nose.