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TIL the paper sleeve around your coffee cup is called a zarf and they've existed in various forms for over 800 years

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9YRL7 As if 2020 could get more wild, a whale sculpture has stopped a derailed train from crashing in Rotterdam. The metro train passed through a stop block at De Akkers station in Spijkenisse on the outskirts of Rotterdam last night.
d8xnK TIL that a 1969 treasure hunt movie (originally called "Caine") changed its name to "Shark!" after a stuntman was tragically killed by a shark during production and the advertising used the stuntman's death as a means to help promote the film.
dD6D9 TIL about the Arabic novel Theologus Autodidactus, (“ The Self-taught Theologian"), which is considered to be one of the earliest Science Fiction stories. Its ‘impact event’ climax ends with a catastrophic doomsday apocalypse. It was written between 1268 and 1277.
e0GQD TIL Pinocchio effect is when a person lies, they experience an increase in temperature around the nose and in the orbital muscle in the corner of the eye
G7Gg TIL Elvis Presley desired a Narcotics officer badge so he could travel country to country with as many guns and drugs as he wanted. He went to the White House to ask President Nixon for the badge and got it.