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TIL the first item bought on Ebay was a broken laser pointer. The buyer? A collector for broken laser pointers.

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0d14N TIL when President McKinley was asked by his personal secretary to cancel his planned visit to the Temple of Music for safety reasons, McKinley asked his secretary why anyone would want to hurt him. McKinley would later get shot at the Temple of Music.
R441 TIL In 1575 Native Americans, converting to Catholicism, had brought the practice of smoking into churches during the liturgy. Tobacco smoke, in their traditions, evoked the spirits, so naturally they mixed their smoke into the liturgical incense.
xlDD TIL A 14 year old Chinese girl attempted suicide so that she could save the life of her dying father by donating her liver to him.
ymAv TIL on a clear dark night the human eye can detect a candle being lit from 30 miles away.
PK4Z TIL There is a library in Estonian airport, where you can borrow books for your trip and the whole thing operates off an honor system.