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TIL Mercury was still in use for hat making in the U.S. until the 1940's.

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mdBR TIL in South Korea, earning an Olympic Medal means you avoid a mandatory two-year military service.
nWkOP TIL that at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, well-behaved prisoners are allowed to keep cats. These feline companions are believed to help in managing the prisoners' temperaments and are considered very beneficial for the convicts.
nWLrB TIL about Gladys Aylward. a Christian missionary who traveled to the Chinese to Proselytize by helping at a inn and attempting to stop the tradition of foot binding. when the Japanese attacked she would lead 100 of the oprhaned children in her care to saftey away from the invading japanese on foot.
9WNG TIL Burt Ward’s valuable Robin costume was stolen during a Q&A at Harvard by a gang of costumed henchmen lead by supervillian… Conan O'Brien.
MNEb TIL there’s an alarm clock that donates your money to charities/political parties that you disapprove of every time you hit the snooze button.