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TIL The empty space you see in products like chips bags has a technical term and it's called nonfunctional slack-fill.

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x6Vok TIL In June 2019, the 350 residents of Sommaroy—which translates into “Summer Island”—signed a petition to make their home that sits west of Tormso north of the atlantic circle, the world's first time-free zone during the midnight sun period, from May 18 to July
4d7g TIL A woman tried to break the world record for deepest free-dive, but died during the dive. The record holder was her husband.
neNp9 TIL early water mains were made of wood and firemen would drill into them to get access and then put in a fire plug which was marked for possible future fires and evolved into modern day fire hydrants.
XEXpk TIL BCG (a bacteria) can be used as treatment for bladder cancer, effective trading one malady for another.
e0656 TIL In 1968 Japan a fake motorbike cop stopped a car carrying 300m Yen in cash (26m USD), told the driver to run because the car was rigged to blow and then simply drove the car away. The culprit and the cash have never been found