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TIL that maintenance workers on the Golden Gate Bridge are first on the scene to talk down suicidal jumpers. They estimate having a 90% success rate.

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J1XOk TIL that the Chupa Chups logo was designed by none other than Salvador Dalí himself!
OGVGL TIL There are at least two runic inscriptions in Hagia Sophia's marble parapets. They may have been engraved by members of the Varangian Guard in Constantinople during the Viking Age. One of them roughly translates to "Halfdan carved these ruins".
X7Yj TIL Police had a warrant to search for drugs in an apartment, found the drugs, and then realized they were in the wrong apartment
m150o TIL the song "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from the 1964 movie Mary Poppins was written by the Sherman brothers. They were sued by songwriters who had written a prior song by the same name. The brothers won; however, it was discovered that the word was used earlier in 1931.
or0A TIL: Hookworms have exceptional success in treating various autoimmune diseases for which the medical world has yet to find cures.