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TIL there is a saw that will cut wood but not a finger!

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6EM4W TIL that the reason some cops touch your car’s tail light during traffic stops is to leave fingerprint evidence. If the officer found himself in a dangerous situation, this would prove that he or she was present at the scene.
dDloQ Til that there are between 70,000-80,000 plants that produce EDIBLE fruit, and in general most people only eat 20 different types of fruit.
a8w6Z TIL Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart Simpson) has to date given $17,500,000 to Scientology
ZN04 TIL there was a massive solar storm in 1859 that sparked fires in telegraph offices. Were a storm of that size to hit today, it would knock out power grids for months or longer.
xVKp7 TIL the first known case of "dying from laughing" involved the greek man called Chrysippus, who, after giving figs to his donkey, cried out "Now give the donkey a drink of pure wine to wash down the figs", had a fit of laughter afterwards and died.