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TIL as a way to ensure their health, it is a taboo to touch the Queen as well as other members of the royal family unless they initiate the handshake, hug, etc.

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l6o7 TIL prosthetic hands are soon to include a sense of touch as well as mobility which will greatly increase their sensitivity. Human bionicals are closer then you think!
4Py5 TIL that C-3PO and R2-D2 had their own 1985 single season 13 episode spin-off TV series.
DwGg TIL that, while Edgar Allen Poe was known for his horror writing, he was also fond of high-profile hoaxes and practical jokes.
rNEA0 TIL In 1995, Jennifer Fairgate was found dead in a locked Oslo hotel room with a gunshot to the head. Ballistics showed that suicide was not possible. Yet there were fingerprints and strangely her clothing labels were all removed making it impossible to ID her. Theories speculate she was a spy.
Me8oW TIL that gold has its own E number, E175, and can be consumed by all religious groups, vegans and vegetarians.