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TIL Beavis And Butt-head was blamed for the death of an 8 month old struck by a bowling ball thrown from an overpass. It was later discovered the ball-thrower didn’t have cable TV and did not watch the show.

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7rvLx TIL during solar eclipses, tree leaves act as pinhole cameras, resulting in trees casting crescent-shaped shadows on the ground. This effect puzzled Aristotle in the 4th Century BC.
P1J4J TIL about Sikh Nation - the largest blood donation campaign run by Canadian Sikhs to commemorate the tragic loss of thousands of lives in India’s anti-Sikh genocide in 1984. It has saved more than 160,000 lives and spread to 27 communities across the country since it began in 1999.
16V7X TIL the vast majority of people lose their virginity between the age of 17 and 20.
KY9ww TIL Francis James, an Australian publisher, was imprisoned both during ww2 after being shot down over France in 1942 and in China in 1969 for allegedly espionage.
d8oxd TIL that the word "noon" derives from "nona hora," or "ninth hour," and used to mean 3pm.