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TIL that pen caps have holes in them to prevent suffocation if swallowed

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8eAQ8 TIL Mars had a prime meridian (+0 hour timezone) 50 years before Earth
9YLd7 TIL "to stan" is an actual verb found in dictionnaries. "To stan;stanned; stanning; stans" means "to exhibit fandom to an extreme or excessive degree: to be an extremely devoted and enthusiastic fan of someone or something." It comes from the 2000 song "Stan" by Eminem.
6EEVw TIL Muon Tomography used to find a new chamber in the Gaza Pyramid was also used by Toshiba and the US Los Alamos Nat. Lab. to assess the situation inside the damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi
W90B TIL The EU Spies On Its Citizens 30 To A Hundred Times More Often Than The US.
VMW1B TIL of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. An archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland which is the last piece of French territory in North America.