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TIL that in Kosovo the given name ‘Tonibler’ exists in honour of prime minister Tony Blair’s intervention in the 1999 war and many boys/men now are named Tonibler

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b97Y9 TIL that Japanese researchers have discovered that administering an electrical shock that simulates a lightning strike can increase mushroom yields -- leading to more and bigger mushrooms.
W7YBN TIL that early in Edgar Allen Poe's writing career, he published an essay exposing a fake chess-playing automaton that was actually operated by a chess master hidden inside. The essay employs a method of deduction called 'ratiocination' which is used by C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's fictional detective.
R5nN7 TIL: Tylenol +NSAID (aka Ibuprofen) more "efficacious" then opioids for pain
NXdw1 TIL actor Matthew Lillard, who played one of the killers in the first Scream movie, has been in every sequel since as other characters.
YLnZ TIL 5000 lawsuits are filed against walmart each year, or roughly 17 per day.