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TIL that sleeping on your side increases facial wrinkles that are perpendicular to expression based wrinkles.

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kxn4 TIL Edwin H. Armstrong the inventor of the FM radio committed suicide because he was spending 90% of his time on litigation against RCA who were trying to suppress the technology.
yv4V TIL that the series of British children’s books ‘Where’s Wally?’ is called 'Where’s Waldo?’ in the US, 'Where’s Willy?“ in Norway, 'Where’s Wōrī? in Japan, and 22 other different names, depending on what country you are in.
6EvBl TIL that Charondas, a Greek legislator, created a law that anyone who brought weapons into the Assembly must be put to death. He entered the Assembly with his sword still attached, and proceeded to kill himself to carry out the law he himself created.
b9xoa TIL that in 2011, a New York man died on his motorcycle while participating in a protest against the law for mandatory helmets. The police say he would likely have survived had he worn a helmet.
1aAVD TIL that garlic powder should be rehydrated before being used, rather than being added directly to a meal