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TIL that flames conduct electricity.

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ne9EB TIL a "nickelodeon" is a small movie theater that shows short-films for a nickel, from the early 1905-1915
R4ja TIL In 1972 Lyle Snider, a Quaker who didn’t want his tax dollars going to fund war, was arrested for claiming 3 billion dependents, the population of the Earth, on his W-4 form. Snider was charged with filing a false and fraudulent withholding form, and sentenced to 9 months in prison.
0wvMM TIL of Clive Wearing, a British conductor who suffers from chronic amnesia. He cannot make any new memories, or recall past memories. However, he can always remember his love for his wife Deborah, greeting her joyously whenever he sees her, even if he believes they have only just met.
j6eXv TIL the careers of many Los Angeles bands including Dead Kennedys, The Bangles, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, and Hole were launched by a classified ads newspaper called The Recycler.
5VL08 TIL That people have been tracking the average amount the Tooth Fairy pays for a lost tooth, called the Tooth Fairy Index.