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TIL That plastic magnets exist and that their magnetic strength can be adjusted by different colour lights.

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VBXZD TIL the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's gross domestic product for 2020 as a whole fell by 9.9%, the largest annual fall in 300 years
OB1Y TIL that Nestle (and other baby formula manufactures) is responsible for the death of millions of babies in the Third World due to malnutrition.
4XZER TIL: Tess than 75 years after the discovery of gold in 1848, almost every grizzly bear in California had been tracked down and killed. ... Two years later in 1924, what was thought to be a grizzly was spotted in Sequoia National Park for the last time and thereafter, grizzlies were never seen again
9YAOQ TIL that in June 2012, Customs and Border Protection held two Seattle men for two and a half hours after discovering six Kinder Surprise eggs in their car upon returning to the US from a trip to Vancouver. A border guard quoted the potential fine as US $2,500 per egg.
b0g0 TIL Members of the Church of Satan do not worship or believe in Satan, and their High Priest said “Anybody who believes in supernatural entities on some level is insane”