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TIL That in Korea, wisdom teeth are called “love teeth” in reference to young adulthood and the pain of first love

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90rB TIL there is an english village which has a scale model of itself, inside a scale model of iteself, inside a scale model of itself, inside a scale model of itself.
QJdBp TIL Sixdegrees.com was considered the first true recognizable social media site. Created in 1997, the site allowed users to upload a profile and make friends with other users.
DxQV TIL for the original Star Wars, Lucas paid a fine and resigned from the Directors Guild rather than obey its demand that he begin with conventional opening credits.
n6l7 TIL that there is an electric eel named Miguel Wattson in Tennessee Aquarium that sends pre-written tweets (@EelectricMiguel) whenever it emits electricity at a certain threshold.
wd7J TIL engineers building a bridge between Germany and Switzerland found that when the two halves met their elevations differed by 54 cm. Germany bases sea level on the North Sea, and Switzerland by the Mediterranean; someone messed up the correction, doubling it instead of cancelling it out.