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TIL of Laynes Law in which every debate is over the definition of a word.

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mMrP TIL Joel Youngblood is the only player in MLB to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day.
DbAJ TIL jeans when first dyed are yellow due to the yellow color of water soluble leucoindigo, which then oxidizes to the blue color of indigo on jeans.
PYwoO TIL of Thomas Jones, a 14-year-old who broke into Buckingham Palace in 1838 and was caught with Queen Victoria's underwear stuffed down his trousers. After breaking in twice more, Jones was sentenced to hard labour, and after incarceration on a prison ship would later become the town crier of Perth.
WLkN TIL that a candle’s flame burns millions of nano-diamonds every second
VMlMk TIL 64% of Americans believe schizophrenia involves a split personality. A person with schizophrenia doesn't have two different personalities. Instead, he has false ideas/delusions or has lost touch with reality. Multiple personality disorder is unrelated.