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TIL The word 'theory' in 'theory of evolution' does not imply scientific doubt about its validity. A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of facts.

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PdEJ TIL the city of Glasgow spends £10,000 a year removing traffic cones from the head of Duke of Wellngton statue.
QxJd TIL that the bubbles from boiling water make a coffee maker work (as opposed to a pump) and that most basic coffee makers have no moving parts.
XE1JP TIL in 2011 Nicolas Cage woke up in his Orange County house in the middle of the night to find a naked man, wearing Cage’s leather jacket, and eating a Fudgesicle in front of his bed. The man was arrested by police, but Cage didn’t press charges.
g9vW TIL 25 scientists working for GEC-Maroni died in mysterious circumstances between 1982-88. A Defense Journalist investigating the deaths hung himself in 1990.
0bQp TIL that while awaiting sentencing for income tax evasion and obstruction of justice, David Friedland went scuba diving, faked his own death, and fled to the Maldives where he built a chain of scuba diving shops, the success of which helped him get caught.