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TIL teflon is the only substance geckos cannot stick to.

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BVee TIL Otto von Bismarck once stated that when war came to Europe “it will be some damn fool thing in the Balkans that sets it off” thirty years before Franz Ferdinand was assassinated which kicked off the start of World War One.
N75oE TIL of Iqbal Masih, a young boy who was rescued from slavery at a carpet loom. This young activist was assassinated at the age of 12 in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1995 by someone believed to be a feudal landlord and carpet manufacturer.
9YGV6 TIL - When you die you can have a water cremation. Your body is mixed with water & lye, and then heated until it is dissolved.
EgJVo TIL the term “hipster,” in fact, drew from the Chinese opium smoker of the 1800s, who’d spent much of his time smoking while reclining on one hip. The hipster counterculture took inspiration from heroin-addicted jazz greats like Charlie Parker and John Coltrane.”
6WMZ TIL The 1997 comedy film Trojan War had a 15 million dollar budget and only made back $309.00 dollars in ticket sales at the cinema.