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TIL: Rectal Tonsils
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TIL that the American Association of Woodturners keep a running list of deaths due to patterning wood with high voltage sparks.
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TIL that during war, buildings of cultural significance like museums or churches can be protected by placing a blue shield symbol which is internationally recognised.
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TIL that bronze is generally harder than iron. The Bronze Age didn’t give way to the Iron Age because iron weaponry was superior; rather, iron was more plentiful and easier to work with.
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TIL that miracle fruit has the ability to make bitter food taste sweet, and make sweet food taste even sweeter by binding miraculin glycoprotein to the tastebuds
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TIL ‘Modern’ victim activated Land Mines first saw widespread use by Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War