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TIL several parts of Canada introduced a law that made “sorry” not a legal admission of guilt, because it’s said so often.

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Qv5M TIL The man who create the bear-proof suit also invented a fireproof paste, a light capable of seeing through walls, the Trojan Ballistics Suit of Armour, and has received the Ig Nobel Prize for Safety Engineering.
9w47X TIL that during the production of the film “Roadhouse” (1989), all the actors did their own stunts. Actor Sam Elliott recalled: "All the actors, as far as I know, did their own fighting. I fucking got the shit kicked out of me for the entire film."
wLpv6 TIL that “cut” in cut, copy, paste not only deletes, but it also copies at the same time
QN9xE TIL In Albertville, French Alps, cheese generates electricity. Using whey from beaufort cheese production, a plant produces biogas, powering a turbine that generates 2.8 million kilowatt-hours per year, enough for 1,500 people.
ov0Y TIL that in 1940s Russians performed experiments on animal organs and tissues and they actually succeeded to bring back to life a severed head of a dog. The dogs` head reacts to light, smell and sound and it even tries to bark!