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TIL - the Louvre has been offering Nintendo DS units to rent for self-guided tours for over a decade. They are now ending the program.

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nWLaB TIL - Venus is the only planet that doesn't spin counterclockwise
Bg0rb Today I learned the in many states in America, it is entirely legal for medical students to practice pelvic and prostrate exams-without your consent -while you were under anesthesia for an unrelated surgery.
69m88 TIL that common consumer fireworks can kill you if you're underwater with them when they detonate
mZjo TIL 2,000 year-old seeds were discovered in Israel around 1965 to be held in storage for the next 40 years. After they were planted, a tree that has been extinct for 1,800 years sprouted.
awG4M TIL that the political terms "left-wing" and "right-wing" originated in the French Revolution,where anti-royalists would sit on the presiding officer's left in the French National Assembly, and the more conservative supporters of the monarchy sat to the right.