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TIL an Israeli chemistry professor has invented an “anti-date rape straw” that detects date rape drugs present in a drink and alerts the victim by changing color

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gde8 TIL that the IRS had to use a special computer to process Bill Gates’ taxes because “their normal computers can’t deal with the numbers.”
rRmow TIL that actor Adam Devine almost died in 1995, when he got run over by a 42 ton cement truck and went into a 2 week coma.
m1wrM TIL that Count Von Count on Sesame Street is lore accurate because vampires suffer from arithnomania
OGQJ1 TIL Beethoven admired Napoleon and the French Revolution. When Napoleon crowned himself emperor in 1804 Beethoven broke into a rage denouncing him, saying "He lowered himself to the level of an ordinary king."
gr8G9 TIL Texas has Mutual Combat laws