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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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8aV98 TIL a woman sued a TV weatherman after he predicted a sunny day, causing her to go out lightly dressed - and when it turned stormy, she caught the flu, missed 4 days’ work, spent $38 on medication, and suffered stress. The case was settled out of cоurt for $1000, and the weatherman apologised to her
GYGp5 TIL of the microraptor gui, a four-winged feathered dinosaur that seemed to specialize in hunting birds.
PYlDn TIL that "Losing my religion" is an old phrase from the Southern USA meaning someone's about to lose their temper or reach the end of their rope.
vP4W4 TIL 8-10 year old boys were sometimes castrated to preserve the high prepubescent vocal range. (This practice stopped in the late 1700s)
X09Lr TIL in 2001 a 6-year-old boy died during an MRI exam when the machine's magnetic field jerked a metal oxygen tank across the room, fracturing his skull and injuring his brain. The child was under sedation at the time of the accident.