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TIL; The signet ring was used as long ago as 3500 BC. Records show the people of Mesopotamia used cylindrical seals as marks of authenticity.

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WW68 TIL “Walking Corpse Syndrome” is a mental condition in which sufferers believe they are missing internal organs, have no blood, or that they are dead outright. PET scans of a patient showed he exhibited brain activity similar to someone asleep or under anaesthesia
graL4 TIL Boeing built an entire fake town on top of their Seattle area factory during WW2
JYnWB TIL that a piece of art called "The Persistence of Chaos" , a laptop filled with six of the world’s most dangerous viruses (including ILOVEYOU & WannaCry) is on sale for more than $1 million.
GPdN TIL There is an abandoned 120 year old concert hall buried underground in the middle of downtown Boston.
8eeeb TIL, in 1989 in Tacoma, WA, Army Ranger buddies at a bbq were threatened by Crips in the neighborhood. The Rangers called more buddies, who brought more firearms. They set up defensive positions and a shoot-out ensued later that night when the Crips made a move on the house.