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TIL Murphy’s Law states "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.

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GYmpJ TIL many people supported countries boycotting the 2008 Olympics over China's human rights abuses in Tibet, but such boycotts never ended up happening
vd54 TIL that men get piss all over everything because of Plateau-Rayleigh instability - not necessarily because our aim is off
P1eOw TIL earthworms are hermaphrodites. Each carries male and female reproductive organs. When mating, two individual earthworms will exchange sperm and fertilize each other's eggs.
9YNGM TIL that Thad Roberts, an intern at NASA, stole roughly $21 million worth of moon rocks from NASA with the aid of his girlfriend. He loaded a 600 pound safe containing ~101 grams of samples and wheeled it out of the complex, destroying 30 years of the chief scientist’s research in the process.
R7DP4 TIL that Danny DeVito is an accomplished movie and TV producer. Through his company Jersey Films, he has helped produce Pulp Fiction, Erin Brokovich, Garden State, Get Shorty, and the television show Reno 911!