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TIL that one reason leading to the Indian Rebellion of 1857 was that the new gun cartridges they were issued was wrapped in paper greased with cow and pig fat, which had to be opened by mouth.

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yjwa TIL that in Canada, a piece of land must have a tree on it to be called Island.
ADPx7 TIL Norway has implemented a digital drivers license in the form of an app, that can be used instead of a physical one for roadside inspections.
VMpBm TIL of Joseph Paul Jernigan, a murderer who agreed to donate his body to science prior to his execution in 1993. Jernigan’s body was encased, frozen, and cut into 1,851 slices. Images of those cuts are now used by medical students and radiologists as a human anatomy correlate for CT and MRI images.
Z8LAD TIL that sometimes it actually pays to read the Terms & Conditions. Some companies give out prizes for reading them. (And some even claim your soul if you don't...)
oBdV7 TIL about Hans Huber, a paper mill owner who refused to destroy the member records of the Nazi Party, hiding them instead to hand them over to the US after the war