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TIL - “The death of the chemistry set is almost an unintended consequence of the rise in consumer protection laws.”

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kO5W4 TIL that the name, Plastic Surgery, has nothing to do with the material and comes from the Greek word plastike (πλαστική) which means the art of modelling.
8MjV TIL a woman with her daughter tried to board a plane from Berlin to Manchester with her dead husband in a wheel chair in order to avoid the fees associated with transporting a corpse. She claimed that, “he always sleeps like that,” when authorities asked about his slouched appearance.
EXaX TIL a 3-year-old pit bull won the title of mayor for the fourth time, and beat a cat, chicken, donkey and a little boy.
wkxP TIL As a struggling young writer, Harper Lee once got a year’s wages as a gift from a friend with a note, “You have a year off from your job to write whatever you please. Merry Christmas.” She wrote To Kill A Mockingbird.
4X0O5 TIL that up until 2013, a woman living in Paris, France could, in theory, be arrested for wearing pants (trousers) without authorization! This was the result of a forgotten local ordinance from 1800, which was abrogated on the spot for violation of gender equality.