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TIL Swindon Police set off sirens to settle a 4 year olds debating over whether they go "nee-nah or woo-woo".

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yVDda TIL the on set feud between Wesley Snipes & director David S. Goyer while filming Blade: Trinity led to Snipes only appearing on set to film close-ups (often completely stoned) & letting his double shoot most of his scenes. And he only communicated with Goyer via Post-it notes, signing them as Blade
wogRE TIL: In 2022 A First-Aid Topical Gel Was Developed From Snake Venom To Drastically Reduce Bleeding By Triggering Coagulation In Under 60 Seconds
v14eB TIL that bird populations in the US and Canada dropped by approximately 3 billion, which is around 29%, since 1970
gmJ9 TIL BP refused to allow clean up workers to wear respirator masks while working with toxic chemicals following the Gulf spill because they were worried about the negative PR
e0mv5 TIL: The country of Tuvalu was unable to join the United Nations until 2000, because it did not have the $100,000 fee to join. This was until the internet, where Tuvalu sold its domain name of .tv to other companies to make most it its money.