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TIL there is an “official” unicode anger symbol. It’s ? which represents veins on your forehead when your blood pressure rises.

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ANxwx TIL about the unsolved death of Jeannette DePalma, a 16-year-old found in 1972 surrounded by ‘occult’ symbols, sparking decades of conspiracies and fear
l7Rw1 TIL that there are more than 110 armed conflicts today.
BabD TIL An advertising campaign for Swedish fashion company “H&M” with posters of Anna Nicole Smith caused several car accidents in major European cities in 1994.
jMGE TIL of Heinz Drossel, a German Lieutentant during WWII that refused to join the Nazi Party. He came upon a woman on a bridge who attempted to jump as soon as she saw his uniform, as she was Jewish. He stopped her and assisted her in escaping to safety. After the war, he married her.
R6Ol TIL that pistachios are classified under the Class 4.2 of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods code: Flammable Solids (Substances Liable to Spontaneous Combustion). Fresh pistachios, if stacked under pressure, can burst into flames and cause a cargo fire.