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Today I learned: you can sue robocallers for $500 per call

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GAWy4 TIL after a Night trick or treating, 8 year old child was given one last sweet by his own Father. later the kid dies because the candy was poisonous and the father tried to claim his son's life insurance.
xVa47 TIL of the Prince Rupert's Drop, created by dripping molten glass into cold water. Capable of shattering bullets on impact and withstanding the blow of a hammer, this "glass droplet" is characterized by its incredibly high residual stress.
d8W8Z TIL the grasshopper and locust are actually the same creature; the locust is the grasshopper high on serotonin.
VBoyp TIL Johannes Hevelius had exceptionally keen eyesight and could see stars of the seventh magnitude. He compiled a "Celestial Atlas" using both instruments, naked eye observations, and observed sunspots to accurately determine the solar rotation
BrN7x TIL that JFK ordered 1200 Cuban cigars just a day before declaring the Cuban trade embargo.