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TIL that using jet air hand dryers in toilets/restrooms dispersed 20 times more pathogens than regular hot air dryers. This number increases to 190 times when compared to paper towels.

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lnAN TIL scientists spent 3 days filling an ant colony with 10 tons of cement then spending weeks digging it out to reveal the amazingly complex designed network
GYxDQ TIL about the Werther-Effect, the emulation of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide. Due to this, in Australia it's illegal for media to report suicide as a reason a person has passed.
Oomo1 TIL There was a Chinese man who faked his way into becoming a musician for the King of Qi without knowing how to play the instrument at all. He imitated movements of other musicians and was paid a good salary in the ensemble until the King died. The new King preferred solo performances, so he fled
VB4BQ TIL that all hills on Saturn's moon, Titan, are named after Tolkien characters, all mountains are named after Tolkien mountains, and all valleys and plains are named after places in the Dune series
m1xlR TIL a woman from IN named Linda Darby murdered her husband by poisoning, shooting, and burning his body 1970. Two years into a life sentence, she escaped prison and began a quiet life as Linda McElroy in TN, evading capture for 35 years before being caught again and sent back to prison in 2007.