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TIL The emperor of Japan is the only currently reigning monarch whose title is translated into English as "Emperor".

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Ay17 TIL the reason water feels as it feels when it touches the skin is actually a complex electro-chemical reaction. The sensory inputs are a combination of the pH of your body and the water, the temperature of your body and the water, atmospheric pressure, and molecular polarity.
J8WQ TIL in the 60’s the us army did an experiment,where two people without nuclear training had to design a nuke with only access to public available documents. They succeeded!
M9jB TIL In 1991 two artists paid $26 million to install thousands of umbrellas along the California highway, one of the umbrellas was toppled by high winds, killing one woman and injuring several others. The exhibit was ordered closed and another person died during the removal of the umbrellas.
kJxRg TIL Roller Coasters were invented in 1884 to save Americans from Satanic temptations, following the uprise of saloons and brothels.
x6Ejg TIL that 'Eyebrows on dogs' is an evolutionary result of their domestication by Humans intended to assist with their communications