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TIL: Shuttlecocks, the projectiles used in Badminton, are made from feathers taken from only the left wing of a bird; this ensures they rotate counter-clockwise.

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RkM6 TIL that blue lighting in public restrooms prevents heroin users from finding veins and shooting up
96ap TIL: On 5/25/2012, “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski submitted his current information to the Harvard alumni association. Listing his eight life sentences as achievements, his current occupation as prisoner, and his current address as No. 04475-046, US Penitentiary-Max, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, CO 81226.
4XvEo TIL that Dexter Holland, lead singer of Offspring, was valedictorian of his school and had a masters in molecular biology before the band became famous. He since earned his PhD and published a paper on the use of computational molecular biological approaches to identify microRNA sequences in HIV
woVoM TIL that a trio of drunken boys decided to sail out to sea looking for a girl they saw at a sports competition event. They ended up sailing for more than seven weeks and drifted 1300 km off course before being rescued by a tuna boat. They all survived by drinking beer, eating coconuts and a bird.
neMjG TIL that there was a real-life John Wick. Meet Chester Wheel Campbell, the king of contract killers in Detroit. Raised in a secret school of hitmen of just a dozen students, he learned the legal system, had high-profile connections, and survived 4 bullet shots (3 in the leg and 1 grazed his head)