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TIL that theoretically, it would take 4 light years of worth of lead to stop a neutrino.

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Me4b8 TIl there is a roller coaster in Denmark called Hundeprutterutchebane (meaning Farting Dog Coaster) that is “known best for its name and its unique dog-flatulence-related theme.”
9Ykr6 TIL that in 1938, Henry Ford was awarded Nazi Germany's Grand Cross of the German Eagle. That is the medal awarded to foreigners sympathetic to Nazism.
b8Lp TIL that in 2004 the Republic of Georgia fired 30,000 police officers (almost the entire traffic police force) due to corruption and built glass police stations to encourage an image of transparency.Since then crime in Georgia has dropped and the public confidence in the police has risen drastically
R7xEw TIL that English versions of the Bible sometimes translate penises as “feet”
BgBWb TIL for Paul Walter Hauser's acting debut in the movie "Virginia", he was initially cast as an extra. After he complimented "Virginia" director Dustin Lance Black for his Academy Award acceptance speech, Black wrote him a larger role in the movie.