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TIL That physicists won the Nobel prize in 2010 for peeling graphene off pencils with scotch tape

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XevP TIL male water striders blackmail females into having sex by threatening to call predators
B0pe TIL a man had the hiccups for 68 years straight. They finally stopped one year before he died.
gAeL TIL an Athenian law-maker was smothered to death by gifts of cloaks and hats showered upon him by appreciative citizens at a theatre.
b9D6j TIL researchers have found that the ‘spring forward’ to daylight savings time (i.e. putting your clocks forward an hour) causes a 6% increase in fatal car accidents in the US during the workweek following the adjustment, and results in about 28 additional deaths each year.
b95K4 TIL if a family member dies and debt collectors tell you that you're now responsible for paying the deceased's debts, THEY ARE LYING. Debt does not pass to anyone else upon death.