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TIL tasers shoot confetti with tiny serial numbers printed on it so that it can be linked to the person who fired it.

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l76PK TIL - Dusty Springfield who sang "Son of a Preacher Man" and "I Only Want To Be With You" came out as bisexual and it destroyed her career
WK1o TIL Tardigrades are tiny creatures that are capable of removing the majority of their body water, allowing them to survive in extreme conditions; atmospheric pressures of up to 600 times that of the surface of the earth, 300 degrees below zero and even the vacuum and radiation in space.
JVV TIL there is a parasite that feeds of it’s hosts tongue and instead of leaving after he’s finished, becomes the hosts new tongue.
69AVZ TIL There is sexually explicit cave art (NSFW)
WkRKX TIL Walt Disney had a neat little private apartment above the fire house off the Town Square in Disneyland complete with with a 2nd floor terrace. Even today there is always a lamp burning in the window above the old firehouse