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TIL that Chindōgu is the practice of inventing gadgets which serve a purpose but are impractical or silly. A term coined by Kenji Kawakami with some early Chindōgu including a toilet roll dispenser you wear on your head for hay fever sufferers and glasses with inbuilt funnels for eyedrop application

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jomj TIL that each combination lock also has a counterclockwise combination opening the lock.
6EeDZ TIL During the University of Texas shooting, pregnant student Claire Wilson was shot, and her fiance killed. While Wilson lay crying out for help directly in the sniper's view, student Rita Starpattern ran to her and played dead for 90 minutes, talking to Wilson to keep her awake until help arrived.
Q4LE TIL that many lion sanctuaries are actually fronts for canned hunting operations - by letting volunteers touch the animals, they make them easier to eventually kill.
KYdm6 TIL Fench Bulldogs experience several serious health problems due to a skull malformation, which was caused due to years of breeding selection. Now, a breeder and veterinary assistant in the Netherlands are trying to reingeener the French Bulldog's face to make it healthier.
mV0M TIL the brother of Star Wars actor, Ewan McGregor is a pilot of the British RAF, and goes by the call-sign ‘Obi Two’.