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786gx TIL that the least populated capital city in the world is Ngerulmud, Palau, with a population of 0
D1rYg TIL that bestselling author James Patterson is the one who wrote the famous Toys R Us line "I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid"
e0L94 TIL Thomas Midgley Jr, who helped invent leaded petrol, once poured the lead additive over his hands and inhaled its fumes to prove it was safe. He was later diagnosed with lead poisoning... for the second time.
0d6mp TIL that footage from an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm was used as evidence to exonerate a man who was accused of murder.
R51xQ TIL the famous FNAF jumpscare noise originated from an 80s horror movie called Inseminoid