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TIL The Beatles “I Want To Hold Your Hand” is often misheard in Japan as “Ahonahōnyōhan”, meaning “Idiotic public urination”.

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Z8baY TIL about the Mammoth Cheese, a 22,000 lb block of Canadian cheddar which was entered into the Chicago World Fair of 1893. When it was placed on its display it crashed through the wooden floor and was then moved to a reinforced concrete floor. It won a bronze medal at the fair.
jNYbX TIL that the red-eye effect in pictures is literally blood in our eyes. If a picture is taken when our pupils are dilated, they don't have enough time to constrict and the light reflects off the blood in the back of our eyes.
Z8e9R TIL about Project Cirrus. The USA's attempt to stop a hurricane by dropping 180lbs of dry ice into.
8epnb TIL Murder, Inc. was a 1930s-1940s organized crime group responsible for an estimated 400-1,000 contract killings, serving as the enforcement arm for the National Crime Syndicate, until key members turned informants, leading to its eventual dismantling.
MevvW TIL that all undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology must pass a swimming test before they can graduate.