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TIL that it is a regular hazard of the barber industry to get hair splinters. Cut hair is apparently very sharp and can worm its way into your flesh.

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KO4x4 TIL in the 80’s and 90’s, the LAPD set up a task force to look into the possibility of an active serial killer they dubbed the “Southside Slayer”. In reality, they had 4 or 5 active serial killers.
Bgrkb TIL that Algeria’s national anthem “Kassaman” was first written by poet Moufdi Zakaria on the wall of his prison cell using his own blood after he was arrested and tortured during the Algerian independence movement
a8OWy TIL that a bowler once bowled a 299.5 game. One pin broke in two in the final frame, and one half stayed standing.
BrG0r TIL chimpanzees actually do understand rhythm and have been seen clapping and stomping specifically to the beat of a song
pYelb Today I learned safer ways to use crack cocaine.