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TIL that scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn’t cause cavities.

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0gl5 TIL that the so-called second shoe print at the murder scene that helped acquit OJ Simpson turned out to be just a pattern in the cement.
OoeEL TIL Rum-Running is smuggling alcohol over water; Boot-Legging is smuggling alcohol over land.
D15ke TIL the streets of London were once paved in gold: fool's gold. Martin Frobisher shipped over a thousand tons of fool's gold from what's now Canada to London under the impression he was shipping gold ore. When it was later discovered it was no more than iron pyrite to use it for road metalling.
v1OxK TIL that Hugh Grant got busted for soliciting a prostitute because he kept pressing his brake pedal with his foot while receiving oral sex, causing a police officer to notice the flashing brake light.
GA7rG TIL: When an electric eel senses prey/ a threat, it sends a signal through its nervous system to the electrocytes. Nerve fibres join each electrocyte on one of its sides. The arrival of a signal causes Na+ ions to flood into the cell. This flow gives rise to a discharge of electricity.