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TIL that a man sneezed out the tip (penny sized) of a toy dart while at his computer. It had been lodged unknowingly in his nasal cavity for 44 years. He had to confirm with his mom…

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n70P TIL that the U.S. is nearly alone in the world in failing to mandate paid sick time for workers.
X0mPj TIL a 2018 study concluded the mortality risk for characters in Game of Thrones was high after finding that more than half of the important characters died (186/330 - 56.4%) by the end of Season 7. The chances of a character dying within the first hour that they appear was about 14%.
m11DR TIL about the Elephantine Colossus: A 200-foot-tall elephant-shaped hotel that was built on Coney Island in 1885, that housed a concert hall, museum, observatory, and more. It later became a brothel but burnt down on 27th September 1896 following a mysterious incident.
bm0p TIL: Large numbers of free Blacks owned black slaves in numbers disproportionate to their representation in society. According to the federal census of 1830, free blacks owned more than 10,000 slaves in Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina, and Virginia.
5YgwB TIL that US law requires that eggs sold in supermarkets must be washed. And EU law requires that eggs sold in supermarkets must NOT be washed. Both do it to prevent salmonella.