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TIL in 1848 Michel Faraday took Six lectures about the science behind candles

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oRZWo TIL that "Gropecunt Lane" was a common street name in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages used to refer to streets where prostitution was practised
R5r47 TIL blowing game cartridges never really fixed anything
nWyv7 TIL Neil Hope, the Canadian actor who played Wheels on Degrassi High, had died from a heart attack back in 2007 but wasn't properly identified until 2012.
EAN0 TIL the Burj Khalifa is so tall that residents above the 80th floor have to wait 2-3 minutes longer to end Ramadan