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TIL 3 suicide bombers prematurely exploded because the bombs were set on daylight savings time.

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9YQVr TIL that the lethal dose of chocolate for a human is 22 lbs, or 40 Hershey Bars.
L569 TIL That analysts think that Motorola pays $5 more per device to manufacture the Moto X in the US than Apple pays to manufacture the iPhone in China.
kOBj7 TIL that Harris Wittels was a writer for the Sarah Silverman show, Parks and Recreation, Eastbound and Down, and Masters of None. Amy Poehler called him the “funniest person [she] ever met”. Harris was also the drummer in the band Don’t Stop Or We’ll Die. Harris died of a heroin overdose in 2015.
BYly TIL that for an April fools prank, Virgin cola announced they had a new technology that would turn their cans blue when they expired. They advised their customers not to buy blue cans. Coincidentally, Pepsi had just released their bright blue can design.
5ojD TIL that neuroscientists have found that three seconds is the average duration of reciting a verse from a poem. This average duration holds true for poems all over the world and it is thought that it reflects the time it takes for the brain to integrate information.