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TIL that electricity flows around copper wires, not through them.

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mxEAP TIL that in 1704, George Psalmanazar, who claimed to be from Taiwan, published a book in Britain about Taiwanese customs. As nothing was known about Taiwan in Europe at the time, his claims (such as that if a Taiwanese woman cheated on her husband, he could legally eat her) were widely believed.
n0Yb TIL when the makers of OxyContin were sued by Kentucky over the drug, a survey was run to see if a jury would be impartial. Almost 40% of residents knew someone with criminal trouble because of the drug, 33% said they knew someone who overdosed/was seriously hurt, and 29% knew someone who died.
0wO7v TIL that since Jason Alexander (George Costanza) is a trained Broadway singer, he had to re-record the famous George answering machine song because he sung it too well; Larry David wanted him to purposely sing terrible to make it sound believable.
PYXgZ TIL: that at 310,296 words, the constitution of Alabama is the longest constitution in the world, governing everything from bingo rules to catfish promotion.
lo65K TIL In 2016 Alberto Lopez stole about $5,000 working for the Bank of America. A warrant for his arrest was issued so he moved and kept avoiding the police. He was eventually caught when he went to a job interview as a dispatcher with the... Police Department.