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TIL trains were invented before bicycles

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ANXm7 TIL Someone actually patented a system to prevent snake bites. The snake repellent system is a wearable device that uses the aroma of garlic or onion to repel snakes and prevent snake bites.
R7Lpw TIL in 2009, a 14-year-old boy showed up at a Chicago police station in uniform and worked 5 hours of a shift. He allegedly got a police radio, ticket book and rode with an officer for several hours before his identity was realised. He knew procedure due to a "police explorer" program he’d gone to.
Oo6Y6 TIL of the 'en viager occupe' system in France, in which the buyer pays a homeowner a fixed monthly sum until the homeowner passes away, then the buyer gets ownership of the house.
6EKXW TIL Jordan Solomon makes absolute BANGERS
6EyZW TIL that some beaches in Hawaii are white due to fish poop.