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TIL the trap or 'bend' in pipes is used to block off hazardous gasses from entering buildings.

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8aG6V TIL in 1957, BBC pulled a April Fools prank by including a segment about spaghetti harvest in their news show Panorama, discussing how spaghetti is grown in fields in Switzerland. As a result, people phoned the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree.
jm7j TIL While 71% of Americans believe in hell, only half of one per cent think that they are likely to end up there
XWRP TIL Ron Perlman, the actor who plays Hellboy, also does the voices for The Lich from Adventure Time and the narrator for the Fallout series!
X0V0P TIL Before the Battle of Stamford Bridge, King Harold Godwinson offered his traitor brother, supporting the Norse under Harald Hardrada, his earldom back if he would betray Harald. When asked by his brother what he would give Hardrada for his trouble, Godwinson replied "Seven feet of English ground"
WkBvY Today I learned there is an ethnic group in Myanmar known as the "Karen People".