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TIL By law, each person in Switzerland is entitled to a place of shelter underground.

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X1W6 TIL Medical doctor Donald Unger cracked the knuckles of his left hand every day for sixty years, but he did not crack the knuckles of his right hand. No arthritis or other ailments formed in either hand, and he was awarded 2009’s Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine
0wneL TIL that during the last few months for jazz legend John Coltrane’s death, he would take the sax out of his mouth during performances and start beating his chest, chanting, yodeling, and screaming. Sometimes Coltrane felt like even his sax couldn’t truly express what he wanted to say.
mx5dx TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.
ADO84 TIL The citizens of the city of Austin, TX voted to name a solid waste depot the "Fred Durst Center for the Arts and Humanities"
gGLA TIL the reason why the Ancient One from the Dr. Strange movie was played by a Caucasian (Celtic) person rather than an Asian (Tibetan) person. It’s because if it was otherwise, there is a risk the movie will be banned in China. That’s a big market they would lose if banned.