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TIL when John McAfee was asked if he personally uses McAfee anti-virus he replied by saying “I take it off,” and that “It’s too annoying.”

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68k8 TIL prisoners can vote in two states, but in many others, going to prison may permanently ban you from voting.
yQxKw TIL there’s no scientific difference between pigeons and doves — the difference boils down to linguistic traditions.
oBvOY TIL Uraguay flight 571 crashed in the Andes in the 70s; survivors waited 2 months for help, all while being forced to eat the raw flesh of dead passengers. Two men walked 10 days and 40 miles through the mountain to safety
b6Zp0 TIL that in the Joan Miró Foundation, in Barcelona, you can see a functional mercury fountain created by Alexander Calder. It has to be kept in an airtight glass casing at all times because of the toxic fumes.
689w TIL One of the “cures” for the Bubonic Plague was to fart in a jar and smell it.