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TIL that most pencils are yellow because in the 1880s one manufacturer chose that color to indicate they were luxury pencils

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xEl7 TIL in 1982, 5 men walked into a Long Island NY diner and forced over 100 patrons and staff to strip and have sex with each other. They also shot 2 men, raped a waitress, and robbed everyone there. Oh, and that was just the last thing they did that night.
m1n1R TIL that we are born with only two innate fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds.
XEaLD TIL about Mary Bell an 11 year old girl who murdered two small boys in cold blood.
LLrZ TIL: Wisconsin has several “Seed Libraries” where people can “check out” seeds to grow and then “return” them after harvest.
l7EK5 TIL that Alaska and Hawaii have the same record high temperature (last paragraph of article)