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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger commuted the sentence of his political ally’s son who was convicted of stabbing to death of a 22 year old college student

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OoRV4 TIL The reason bus and train seats have such loud colours and patterns is to hide stains and spillages on the seats.
xKaw TIL Ants can count.
yVZZe TIL of tyromancy, the practice of telling fortunes with cheese
PYvLZ TIL prior to 2002, psilocybin mushrooms were widely available in Japan and were often sold in mail-order shops, online vendors and in head shops throughout Japan; according to Japan's Health Ministry narcotics division, prior to 2002, "You can find them anywhere."
nb0Y TIL there is a 82 foot tall aquarium that holds more than 1,500 fish and has a glass elevator that runs up and down the center of the tank. It has to be cleaned by divers, three or four times each day. The German AquaDom is the largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium in the world