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TIL polarized glasses can make water appear more transparent and are commonly used by fishermen

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woeB7 TIL about mail jumping, which is a way of delivering mail by jumping off a moving boat to a dock, putting mail into a mailbox, retrieving the outgoing mail, and then jumping back onto the moving boat. The USPS uses this method to deliver mail to houses on Geneva Lake from June 15 until September 15.
6rn7 TIL that a number of US states tax illegal drugs. You can buy drug stamps anonymously which you should keep with your stash, should it be seized you won’t have to face some fines if you have at least paid the right tax.
X0DQk TIL that today's rapid "Chorleywood Breadmaking Process" is one of the biggest culprits for the rapid rise in IBS
ZAAB TIL music sounds better when heard with the left ear, while the right ear is more efficient at deciphering speech.
woKoW TIL that Bobby Leach, the second ever man to go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel, died a few years later after slipping on an orange peel and getting a wound on his leg that would soon become Gangrenous. Although the leg was soon amputated, he died two months later due to complications.