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TIL that there are many untouched plane wrecks in various parts of the UK, dating back to the Second World War, and that removing them is forbidden.

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lX5V TIL if you tape two halves of a ping pong ball to your eyes, and stare at a red light while listening to the radio tuned to static, you will have complex and vivid hallucinations. The Ganzfeld Procedure.
kJrVe TIL there is a depleted gold mine in Yellowknife, Canada that is sitting on 237,000 tonnes of Arsenic. The mining company had exhausted the area of gold and handed it back to the federal government, which is now freezing the Arsenic to keep it contained.
X84r TIL Charlie Chaplin not only wrote, directed, produced, edited and starred in his films but for many also composed the musical scores.
yVjYv TIL "Cut off your nose to spite your face" There is a version that this phrase has a rather curious origin. Saint Ebbe was said to have severed her own nose to dissuade violation by Viking raiders.
7OBr TIL a CA man driving in an HOV lane claimed the Articles of Incorporation of his business, which had been placed unbuckled on the driver’s seat, constituted a person, citing a CA law that defines a person as “natural persons and corporations”. The courts ruled against him, citing “common sense.”