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TIL that a cockroach could bite you if they’re desperately hungry enough and you have the scent of food

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p8G0N TIL that a financial advisor suspected that a colleague was ejaculating in her drink bottle after noticing a strange taste, and had her boyfriend ejaculate into a water bottle to confirm her suspicions. The colleague was fired and charged with assault.
RmBQ TIL The ring-tab beer can design was discontinued in 1975, after injuries were caused by people swallowing the metal tabs, and are now officially historic artifacts.
ENNV TIL After 20 years of playing chess casually I’ve just learned that when you promote pawn in Chess, you can always take Queen in exchange, eventually ending up with 9 Queens max on field
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69VQl TIL that the US passed a law in 2002 that authorizes the US Armed Forces to invade the city of The Hague, land of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, in case of arrest of any US official by the International Court.