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TIL about the Chinese town of Qiaotou, the 'button capital of the world'. Around 60% of the world's supply of clothing buttons are produced there, as well as 80% of the world's zippers

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OoZ9R TIL of the Setagaya family murders. After killing the entire Miyazawa family in their house, the suspect remained at the scene for several hours. He used their toilet (without flushing), ate their food, drank tea, used the family computer, and took a nap on their couch. The case remains unsolved
kL5e TIL that the company who created the Etch A Sketch was about to go bankrupt, right before they signed a deal with Pixar to have their product shown in Toy Story in 1995. The scene was only 12 seconds long, but it gave the company a 20% sales increase that saved the company.
l79a TIL Steve Nash divorced his wife right after she gave birth because he realized the baby was not his, but his teammates.
L4Ar TIL Fresh snow absorbs sound, lowering ambient noise over a landscape because the trapped air between snowflakes attenuates vibration. That´s why it gets so quiet when it snows
xVPxk TIL The very first person to be infected with HIV probably picked up the virus in the 1920s.