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TIL: There is an increased risk of heart attacks associated with "spring forward" for Daylight Savings Time

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vP6k7 TIL: 100 Americans a year choke to death on pen caps, but that the number used to be higher before manufacturers put a hole in the cap
l7PW5 TIL The screenwriter's plan in "Die Hard with a Vengeance", to break into the Federal Reserve and escape with the gold was so plausible he was questioned by the FBI. The FBI were said to have changed their security to account for it.
7rnX TIL Pope John Paul II entered and prayed in a mosque, and even kissed the Qur'an, in an effort to improve religious relations with Islam.
9Yn5m TIL Supreme stole their famous box logo from another artist named Barbara Kruger. When Supreme sued another company for copyright infringement of their box logo, Kruger was asked for comment by a Complex editor. Her comment was “What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers”.
xVn9k TIL that crooked teeth are somehow the result of the industrial revolution. All fossils and remains of humans from more than 200 years ago have perfectly aligned, cavity free, teeth.