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TIL there is a store in Alabama where you can buy items found in unclaimed airport baggage

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WklmA TIL that “The Bone Wars,” a fierce rivalry in the 19th century between two paleontologists involving bribery, fraud, and theft, concluded with one of the scientists donating his brain in hope that it would be bigger than that of his rival.
ANQrl TIL of BioSteel, high-strength fiber-based material produced by goats, genetically modified to produce spider silk.
0dMxA TIL about Garderobe, Toilets in a Medieval Castle that were usually built into the walls, like a simple hole discharging to the outside into a cesspit (akin to a pit latrine) or the castle moat (like a fish pond toilet). It was believed that ammonia would protect visitors' coats and cloaks from moth
9wQND TIL the origins of the NFL began with the Dayton Triangles in Dayton, Ohio—where their locker room is still on display at Carillon Historical Park.
68K7 TIL: The family of Chris Benoit, the 40 year old wrestler who killed his wife and son before hanging himself in 2007, consider his death a result of brain damage, after tests showed years of wrestling injuries left him with the brain of an 85 year old with an advanced form of dementia