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TIL Experimental replication shows knives manufactured from frozen human feces do not work

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Y45A TIL in Japan, the shutter sound on phones and camera’s cannot legally be disabled due to rampant “upskirt” offences.
VM6wk TIL that curling originated in Scotland
awLly TIL “Australium,” a fictional metal in the video game Team Fortress 2, has an equally fictional electron configuration showing two kangaroos boxing within the nucleus.
7l7x TIL although the stabbing death of indie rock icon Elliott Smith is widely believed to be a suicide his autopsy report lists his mode of death as “undetermined.” Hesitation wounds were absent, possible defensive wounds were found on his hands, and his name was misspelled on his suicide note.
rMBx TIL A “billion” in England was defined as a million million (1,000,000,000,000) up until 1974.