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TIL Connecticut Supreme Court's name until 1965 was "Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors"

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6ERAX TIL Philippine-based inventors have created a portable salt-powered lamp which gives 8 hrs of light per 1 cup of seawater & can also power cell phones. It uses science that's the basis of battery-making but with no flammable parts & works 8 hrs/day for 6 months with no parts replacement needed.
RjwQ TIL after it was reported that a guesthouse in Hudson, NY charged guests $500 for giving negative online critiques, Yelpers gave it hundreds of one-star reviews
4Wrb TIL that a survey in 2014 showed that 57% of Russians regret the collapse of the Soviet Union.
8aJl4 TIL when cocaine and ethanol (drinking alcohol) are consumed simultaneously, a new compound, cocaethylene, is formed in the blood, which is even more pleasurable, longer lasting, and more dangerous than cocaine or alcohol alone.
edWE TIL there was a record called “Three Minutes of Silence” which was placed in juke boxes. Customers would pay for relief from the music.