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TIL that hair splinters are a thing. As bizarre as it seems to someone just learning about this, it's exactly what it sounds like. Hair piercing the skin like a normal splinter, although some people say it's more painful. And they're somewhat of an occupational hazard for hairstylists and barbers.

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wLP9E TIL in 2007, reigning Jeopardy! champion Scott Weiss purposely placed his final bet in such a way as to force the first three-way tie in the game's history. He said he knew he could have bet more and won the game, but thought it would be fun to force a tie instead.
PvnZ TIL an Irish nurse has been stuck in the Phillipines for 4 years awaiting an appeal of a 14 year jail sentence for possession of .38 grams of Marijuana which he says was planted in his luggage by airport officials to extort money (see tanim droga & tanim bala).
69Ay8 TIL: TIL that marshmallows were originally made from a plant called marshmallow (mallows that grew in marshes). The root of the marshmallow plant is high in mucilage, which is a type of gel that gives marshmallows their chewy texture. Today, marshmallows are no longer made from the plant.
6Oa7 TIL of Lafayette, a Frenchman from the revolutionary war who later toasted “to the perpetual union of the united states. it has always served us in times of storm. one day it will save the world”. American troops sent to France in world war 1 visited the grave and said “Lafayette, we are here”
n5rB TIL that Mississippi has the highest rate of child vaccination of any state, at 99.7%.