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TIL that a dispute between Serbia and Kosovo back in 2018 over electricity caused numerous digital clocks across Europe to lose a minute of time.

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dLDZ TIL for Star Trek’s groundbreaking interracial kiss, NBC worried that Southern affiliates might refuse to air the episode, so they filmed the scene with and without the kiss, but stars Nichols and Shatner consciously sabotaged the non-kiss takes so they could only air the kiss version.
groeL TIL, all toads are frogs (toad is just a type of frog)
oDo8 TIL there is a grandmother that was attacked by a bear. After the attack she sewed her scalp, re-set her dislocated legs and then killed the bear…and ate it.
OoK87 TIL: Nearly 26,000 gallons of milk is served each year in just twelve days at the MN State Fair “All You Can Drink Milk Stand”
GYrQ5 TIL that very ripe bananas have the same alcohol content as many "non-alcoholic" beers.