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TIL that the first artificial ice rink stank and was made from pig fat.

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09M5 TIL The FBI will never interrogate you if the conversation is being recorded. (never talk to the FBI without a lawyer)
4pbw TIL that the United Nations has formed a contingency plan in the event that aliens directly contact us
BgLeD TIL Zelda Fitzgerald used to ridicule F. Scott Fitzgerald about his penis size so much that he made Ernest Hemingway take a look at it in a public bathroom. Hemingway told him his dick was normal.
nWJP7 TIL that the season 5 of Big Brother Germany lasted for 365 days and had a total of 60 houseguests competing for a grand prize of 1 Million Euros, this season also holds the Guinness world record for being the longest uninterrupted live television broadcast
AN1Va TIL about the Mirror Test, a method for determining whether a non-human animal has the ability of self-recognition when looking into a mirror. Elephants, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, dolphins and manta rays have successfully passed the test.