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TIL in 1995 a man robbеd a bank with lеmon juicе on his facе. Sincе lеmon juicе makеs for invisiblе ink hе thought it would rеndеr his facе invisiblе on camеra.

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19xD TIL in 1996, Pfizer may have killed 50 kids in Nigeria while improperly testing experimental anti-meningitis drugs
DQ7Ge TIL that people used to eat mummies
AY44 TIL that when the Sears and Roebuck catalog was first printed on glossy paper, people wrote in to complain because they could no longer use the catalog as toilet paper.
R545Q TIL about immunity privilege that prevents our own immune system damaging (or expelling) our own eyes, placenta, testicles, brain, fetus and CNS
4kM6w TIL An aboriginal man with a tomahawk was the first Australian to capture a Japanese POW during WWII. He snuck up to a downed pilot and took him to the military base on a neighboring island.