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TIL cellphones are 10 times dirtier than toilet seats

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woyO8 TIL a 2-time Jeopardy! champ who won $24k in 1989 is serving a life sentence for murdering his wife
jyNX TIL the English word “window” comes from the old Norse word “vindagua”, literally “wind eye”.
VMm9k TIL using the outward setting on a stapler is called "pinning", and it's meant for temporary staples that are easy to remove without mangling the paper.
8a5xa TIL about California nut crime, which refers to the organised theft of nuts from the state - shipments of which can make up to $500,000. With California producing 80% of the world's almonds, almond theft is particularly lucrative and has been linked to the funding of Pakistani terror groups.
1J67 TIL the judge presiding over a lawsuit brought against Eminem delivered the judgment in the form of a rap. It finished: ‘It is therefore this court’s ultimate position / That Eminem is entitled to summary disposition.’