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TIL removing earwax with Q-tips makes our ears dirtier, and can cause itchiness and infections

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awJBL TIL in China you can get three years in jail for posting an online rumor that is viewed by over 5,000 users or gets reposted more than 500 times.
8aZX TIL Dead ants give off a scent to signal other ants that they need to be carried away. The dead are brought to a designated graveyard in order to avoid bacteria spreading.
WkKaX TIL in 1993, the U.S. signed Public Law 103-150, also known as "The Apology Resolution". This acknowledged that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 was an illegal act. Hawaiians have used this resolution as an argument for their sovereignty.
x69D TIL Irma Grese aka “The Hyena of Auschwitz” was a female guard in Auschwitz who used human skin as a lampshade and before executed calmly said ‘Schnell’ which means 'Quick, get it over’ in German.
kOWN1 TIL the US Postal Service creed "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" is a translation of the phrase by ancient Greek historian Herodotus which referred to mounted Persian postal couriers around 500BC