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TIL — Pommer’s Law, one of the "Laws" of the Internet, states: “A person's mind can be changed by reading information on the internet. The nature of this change will be from having no opinion to having a wrong opinion.”

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OoeX6 TIL of the frog known as the “Hairy Frog”, “Horror Frog”, or the “Wolverine Frog” that is so aggressive it will literally break its own bones, force them through the skin, then use them as claws to attack; even humans.
R7nD8 TIL that the 17th century Ottoman Sultan Murad VI made the consumption of coffee a capital offense. In addition to closing Istanbul’s many coffeehouses, he would disguise himself as a commoner and stalk the streets of Istanbul with his executioner, beheading any coffee-drinkers that he caught.
Ooa4e TIL some Jewish males celebrate a second Bar Mitzvah at age 83, under the logic that the Torah states a normal lifespan is 70 years, thus an 83-year-old can be considered 13 in a second lifetime. This practice is becoming more common as people live longer, healthier lives
WkVMd TIL In 1888, the train carrying the Russian Imperial Family derailed. Emperor Alexander III used his massive physical strength to lift the collapsed roof of the dining car so his family could escape. However, the blunt force trauma on his kidneys caused the nephritis which killed him 6 years later.
rG7e TIL that the Crips street gang was formed with the purpose of eliminating other street gangs and forming a neighborhood watch.