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TIL that in an attempt to reduce poo on the streets, anyone handing in a bag of dog poop in New Taipei City, Taiwan, was entered into a lottery for gold ingots and other prizes

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4XMkN TIL the THX sound from the opening credits of movies has a name
6EB98 TIL the Romans used wax tablets called tabula for writing notes, which was erased by heating the wax and then smoothing it. This was termed 'tabula rasa' from which came the philosophical concept of 'clean slate'.
8P5V TIL there are 550,000 miles of flexible undersea cables that carry the world’s data. Both USA and UK government agencies tap directly into it
v1dy4 TIL a meteor reportedly fell right on the battlefield during a war between Pontus and Rome. According to Plutarch, the sky suddenly split apart and a large silvery-hot meteor resembling a giant hogshead bombarded the ground between the armies. Both forces promptly withdrew to fight another day.
9Yl7Q TILL couples who spend $20,000 or more on their wedding are 1.6x as likely to divorce than average, and those who spend less than $1,000 have a lower chance of divorce.