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TIL a Nilometer was a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and water level during the annual flood season

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M7KOB TIL Tom Lehrer transferred the rights to his music and lyrics to the public domain and all are free for download
d8jGK TIL Harry Melling (Dudley from Harry Potter) lost so much weight before the filming of The Deathly Hallows that he had to wear a fat suit
d8GDK TIL that giant squid brains are donut shaped and their esophagus runs right through it, making grinding its food into tiny pieces an evolutionary priority
9w0GQ TIL the Canadians once invented a flying saucer during the cold war
kObDd TIL: The "Starvation Doctor," Linda Burfield Hazzard, who wrote a book, "Fasting for the Cure of Disease," was convicted of manslaughter in 1912 for a patient's death by starvation. At least 15 deaths are attributed to her "care." While doing a fasting cure on herself in 1938 she died of starvation.