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TIL There is an annual conference on boring things. In the past people have given talks on barcodes, sneezing and the sounds of vending machines.

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69pE7 Today I learned the northern British Columbia locality of Premier is only accessible through Hyder, Alaska, which itself is only accessible from Stewart, BC. This makes Premier, in Canada, only accessible through a portion of the US that is itself only accessible from Canada.
e9gJ TIL because it is easily inhaled, baby powder is not recommended by pediatricians for use on babies.
LlMV TIL crows recognise human faces and hold grudges against ones they do not like.
b9KXp TIL in 2005, the Smurfs were featured in a UNICEF ad in which their village was bombed by war planes and the Smurfs were shown burned and crushed to death under debris. It only aired after 9 PM to prevent children from seeing it.
p8gxQ TIL about "Operation Moolah", which offered large cash rewards to North Korean pilots who defected with an intact MiG-15 jet fighter. However, the only defector who ever met the conditions, No Kum-sok, was unaware of the offer. He was still paid $100,000 ($967,289 in today's money).