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TIL that fans dont make the room colder, they make you colder by evaporating your sweat

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ANGAa TIL that Queen guitarist Brian May’s iconic ‘Red Special’ guitar was hand-built by his father using an old oak table, a 100-year-old fireplace mantel, a bicycle saddlebag holder, his mother’s knitting needles and a button from her sewing box.
YwXA TIL two women tried to smuggle their dead relative’s body onto a flight by putting him in a wheelchair and putting sunglasses on him. It was only when airport staff tried to check him in and he wouldn’t respond that suspicions were raised
MNgB TIL from 1591 to 1869, the Catholic Church considered abortion to be permissible before the fetus “formed” (defined as the 116th day of pregnancy).
8eYAP TIL a self-taught hobbyist spent 2.5 years recreating an exploded 3D model of a mechanical watch by suspending over 100 tiny components with fishing line and casting them in clear resin after being inspired by a blog post’s digital animation, he developed the entire technique himself through trial,
mxm5P TIL that in 2011, a student at the Louisiana State University submitted their master's thesis on internet lolcat speech, titled "I Can Has Thesis? A Linguistic Analysis of Lolspeak."