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TIL History of paper clips

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7wYb TIL that Mr. Rogers saw to it that every letter he received got an answer.
rRmVy TIL in 1921 a group of workers in a fertilizer factory stuck dynamite in a 4.5k lbs block of hardened ammonium nitrate to loosen it up. The resulting explosion killed 500 people, destroyed 80% of the surrounding homes and ripped the roofs off of buildings 15 miles away.
kZBg TIL poor men prefer large breasts, while financially secure men prefer small breasts
mxwAp TIL 1 in every 10000 people have their internal organs completely mirrored- as a result, the heart is on their right side. Most people who have it will never be diagnosed and live a normal life.
D1EZV TIL Two homosexual lovers, Harmodius and Aristogeiton, assassinated the king of Athens, Hipparchus, and triggered events that would usher in democracy. They became known as the Tyrannicides, the preeminent symbol of democracy to ancient Athenians.