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TIL that Tibet is full of oil and gas resources.

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GDJ4 TIL a man died in a helmet law protest while not wearing a helmet when he crashed his motorcycle. Medical experts say he would have survived if he had a helmet on during the accident.
LQAaQ TIL that from 2003 to 2005, Dell sold over 11 million computers with leaky capacitors, fully aware that the capacitors were almost certain to fail. At one point, 1,000 computers that Dell delivered to the law firm that was defending it in a related lawsuit started failing.
m8DY TIL There is a live webcam on the back of a tortoise that you can watch 24/7
roWw TIL that, in medieval Europe, scales were used to weigh suspected witches to determine whether or not they should be burned at the stake
KYvn9 TIL in 1914 a boy threw a tennis ball that got stuck high up in an archway of the Lincoln Cathedral. Over 90 years later, the boy's nephew wrote a letter to the cathedral asking if he could have it back, though secretly hoping the cathedral would notice it and leave it in place.