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TIL that in the Science of Discworld books, which tells of a flat "earth" floating through space, there is a organization called Omnianism, on Discworld, that believes the Discworld is round.

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wkG7 TIL it is totally legal to film on-duty police officers in California and under federal law.
GlON TIL all blue eyed people are genetically related to a person who lived in the Black Sea region sometime between 6 – 10,000 years ago.
KOZ76 TIL in 2008 a man at a ski resort in Italy stole a rubber padding used on a barrier to stop people at the bottom of a sledding hill. He used the padding to sled down the hill, hitt ing the barrier that he stole the from and died.
j6oPp TIL in the pre-smartphone era some mobile phones featured a small "self-portrait" mirror next to the camera to help the user line up selfies.
WkOBY TIL that during their migration, a hummingbird's heart beats up to 1,260 times a minute, and its wings flap 15 to 80 times a second.