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TIL Teller of Penn and Teller began using mutism in his acts while performing at fraternities to gain their attention and to quell heckling and beer throwing.

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PYmWJ TIL the lead singer from the President's of the United States of America, Chris Ballew, is now a prolific children's song writer/performer known as "Caspar Babypants"
Wk9mN TIL: Ireland were neutral in WW2, paid condolences to the Hitlers death, persecuted Irish men who returned after fighting for the allies, and for 9 years Irish membership to the United nations was vetoed because they had not joined the allies.
gw5W TIL that the early church viewed alcohol as a gift from god that made life joyous.
QNkVX TIL If you heat the diamond in the open air, it will begin to melt and burn at around 700 degrees Celsius (1,292 degrees Fahrenheit). Burning a diamond without oxygen, however, will make it change into graphite (a crystalline form of carbon) before transforming into a fluid.
0dAKM TIL from WTC debris, the structural steel was bought by scrap metal industry and sold to Chinese and Indian second hand metal markets. Several buildings were built with Twin Tower steel across Indian cities, including a college and a trade centre.