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TIL there’s a shotgun shell that plants flowers.

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ZdyB TIL: Many casinos are starting to introduce “skill-based” games because younger people are bored with the standard “luck-based” ones like slots and roulette. Gamblers will be able to bet and win money on things like free throw contests, “Cashteroids,” a modified version of Angry Birds, and more.
gV5X TIL the South Korean government is in the beginning stages of making insects a primary source of food
DQBEr TIL that in the 1600s, a conjoined twin was sentenced to death but averted the execution by pointing out that this would also kill his innocent twin brother.
w9Y8 TIL Caffeine doesn’t actually give you energy, it blocks the receptors in your brain that make you feel tired.
jGPv TIL in 2003 a man in Belgium stole diamonds worth 100M Dollars after getting past a lock with 100M possible combinations, infrared heat detectors, a seismic sensor, Doppler radar, a magnetic field and security force. He was caught because he left a partially eaten sandwich near the crime scene