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TIL that in Santiago in Chile you can get your coffee “con piernas” (with legs) ie. served by waitresses in very skimpy clothes.

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69RLw TIL During an interview with Stephen Hawking, the camera operator yanked a cable causing an alarm and Hawking to slump forward. Worried they had killed him, everyone rushed over to find Hawking giggling at his own joke. The alarm was from an office computer losing power.
J1yj TIL: Some strains of viruses have viruses of their own
grgW TIL that after finding his wife was cheating on him, Peter the Great of Russia beheaded Willem Mons, put his head in a jar, and made his wife spend time with it every day.
4XbaR TIL that after being rejected by several women, author Thomas Day decided to adopt 12-year old Sabrina Sidney and in an experiment, set out to make her the "perfect wife". She ended up marrying one of his friends instead.
VKD8 TIL in 2007, there was a horrific accident in Tieling, China, where thirty tons of 1500°C molten steel spilled from a ladle and burst into an adjoining room filled with workers, killing 32. It was China’s most serious steel industry accident since 1949. Bodies had to be identified by DNA testing.