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4XZxN TIL during the trial of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, their just-appointed lawyers joined with the prosecution and accused their own clients. The trial lasted about one hour. The Ceausescus were sentenced to death and immediately executed.
8e9jV TIL Kate Middleton’s hands were branded with a cypher of her name when she was a baby. Check your hands! If you see any tiny dots on the back of your hand or dashes across your knuckle, it could be a cypher using ASL for your name.
69EX7 TIL the world record distance for walking barefoot over Lego is 8.9km, held by Sonny Molina
EgMYX TIL that Waffles get their name from the same source as Wafers, and modern waffle irons are descended from tools for making communion wafers.
OjAR TIL Sunscreen is contributing to decline of coral reefs. The damaging effects were seen in coral in concentrations of oxybenzone as low as 62 parts per trillion, which is equivalent to a drop of water in six and a half Olympic-sized swimming pools, according to the researchers.