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TIL that opponents to the proposed bridge linking Detroit to Canada posted fake eviction notices onto local Detroit houses claiming the land was needed to make way for the new bridge. The main opponent to the bridge was the billionaire who owns the only bridge between Detroit and Canada.

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0wgoR TIL the longest-running experiment is the pitch drop experiment. A funnel holding a sample of tar pitch sealed in a glass jar shows how some substances that appear solid are actually liquid. It takes 10 years for a single drop to form. The best known version of the experiment was started in 1927.
mxW6Y TIL that by law (in the UK), if you're an employer then you must ensure that anyone you employ who is likely to disturb asbestos as part of their job receives the correct information and training. Employers and workers need to know and learn about the dangers of asbestos and may need training.
4kmgb TIL in 1970 Robert White successfully transplanted the head of a rhesus monkey onto another decapitated monkey. It survived for eight days, able to smell, hear, see, and move its mouth. But it was paralyzed from the neck down, as White was unable to reconnect the severed spinal cord.
7ryD7 TIL Marlon Brando refused to memorise his lines in 'Last Tango in Paris'. Cue cards were posted around & out of the frame. His eyes lifting upward in one act was not spontaneous dramatic acting but a search for his next cue card. And once asked if he could "write lines on Maria Schneider's rear end"
wZNY TIL that wearing a white t-shirt with a large letter “T” on the front is scientifically proven to make you 10% more attractive to women