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TIL playing bagpipes can kill you

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4PVN TIL That women’s shirts have buttons on the left because upper class women would be dressed by mostly right handed servants but men’s shirts button on the right because they would draw their swords with their right hand.
W9VX TIL In the Bible, Nimrod was a mighty hunter. But Bugs Bunny used it to refer to Elmer Fudd sarcastically, and generations of kids thought it was a synonym for idiot or moron.
awnVo TIL after finishing a match, The Rock ran into a 4'5" wrestler named Hornswoggle and told him “Did you have a good time tonight buddy?”, thinking he was a Make-A-Wish Kid
PLyw TIL Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was a box office failure because mothers thought the lessons were “too cruel” for children to understand
womOo TIL the board game "Settlers of Catan" was originally designed by Klaus Teuber, a dental technician. The game gained such immense popularity that Teuber eventually retired from his profession to pursue game designing full-time. He went on to win Germany's Game of the Year award a total of four times