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TIL the primary function of a bathroom vent fan is not for removing odors but to exhaust warm, moist air created from using the shower or bathtub which discourages mold growth.

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rN1J1 TIL: During the US Civil War, a father issued a writ of habeus corpus to get his underaged Son out of the US Army, when the writ was delivered to the camp, the provost had both the lawyer who had delivered the writ, and the Judge who had issued the writ arrested and imprisoned.
b9lwE TIL that IBM researchers made the first prototype of a credit card using magnetic tape and cardboard. That prototype sold at auction for over $20,000.
6Vyl TIL the man whose court case reinstated the death penalty in the U.S., escaped prison the day before his execution, only to be beaten to death in a bar fight that very evening.
6r9W TIL that police are now using an app that allows them to monitor your “Threat Score,” an algorithm that determines through public records and social media how much of a risk you are before any interaction takes place.
JGBV TIL Christian Bale suffered from insomnia and wandered around Rome in the dark often seeing another figure walking alone in Rome. After many weeks he approached the other figure and it was Viggo Mortensen suffering the same disorder!