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TIL The Leaning Tower of Pisa is inclined by only 4 degrees.

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loe0r TIL in 2005, a glitch called the Corrupted Blood Incident in World of Warcraft caused a pandemic that killed populations of players, which attracted the attention of scientists for its implications of how human populations could react to a real-world epidemic.
kORbE TIL about "baseball rubbing mud". Invented by a third base coach for the Athletics and now in widespread and required use by the MLB it is harvested by a single man in denim cutoffs and disintegrating sneakers. It's source, a closely guarded secret, is located "somewhere" in the Delaware River.
p0BA TIL the first men on the moon had to use a pen to ignite the lunar module engines and leave the lunar surface because the switch had broken off
Oo5m1 TIL paper recycling was first recorded in 1031, when Japanese shops sold repulped paper.
mxGPM TIL arguably the most dangerous stretch of water in the world is an unassuming looking river in Yorkshire, England.