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TIL In the 1960s, Heineken proposed a novel idea: rectangular “World” beer bottles that could double as bricks for affordable housing.

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PYPkV TIL that in 2009 identical twins Hassan and Abbas O. were suspects in a $6.8 million jewelry heist. DNA matching the twins was found but they had to be released citing "we can deduce that at least one of the brothers took part in the crime, but it has not been possible to determine which one."
RR67 TIL there are moths that feed on the tears of sleeping birds.
x6AxD TIL about Leonard Sly. Born poor in a small town outside of Portsmouth Ohio. He stole chickens to keep from starving. As a youth, a judge ordered him to leave the county. He drifted and ended up in California as a movie stuntman.
KO7e4 TIL in the 1970’s the United States government forcibly sterilized as many as 70,000 Native American women, often without consent or knowledge.
wP7Y TIL that tiny pseudoscorpions (about 4mm) live inside old books, effectively protecting them by eating booklice and dustmites