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TIL that paper shredders have security levels for their shreds; P-1 having the largest particles to P-7 having the smallest.

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RRM6 TIL in 1740, a 16-Year-Old English Boy, having been convicted of rape and murder, was hanged by the neck for 20 minutes. After being cut down, his body was sent to be dissected when he began to show signs of life. After making a full recovery, his sentence was commuted to exile.
KOAyG TIL about Emperor Pedro II of Brazil who was an avid supporter of science education and a respected intellectual in his own right. Charles Darwin himself said that “The Emperor does so much for science, that every scientific man is bound to show him the utmost respect.”
MkBK TIL the term “Caucasian,” was first used in 1785 by a German Philosopher to designate what he deemed “attractive” races. All “unattractive races” were called “Mongolians.”
xKVo TIL Your biological clock lowers your body temperature at night. There is a reason why getting out of a warm bed is so hard in the morning.
XeGE TIL It is illegal to tickle a female in Virginia