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TIL if you flush with the lid up, germs will still be in the air 90 minutes later

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OP7L TIL dancing in clubs after midnight is illegal in Japan
VeDk TIL in 1968, 20-year-old Barbara Mackle was kidnapped and buried alive inside a box containing an air pump, a lamp, water laced with sedatives, and food. Two plastic pipes provided her with outside air. Her kidnappers demanded and received a $500,000 ransom, and she was rescued three days later.
5V508 TIL of J. L. Hunter "Red" Rountree, who after his wife passed and seemingly with nothing left to live for decided to commit his first bank robbery at the age of 86. Red blamed banks for making him bankrupt and by the time he passed away in 2004 he had robbed 2 more banks.
WP89 TIL in 1830 to keep horse-drawn wagons and loiterers out of his alley, John Hollensbury removed the alley by building a tiny 7 foot wide 325 square foot townhouse. The house, located in Old Town Alexandria VA, is commonly referred to as The Spite House.
JYgxB TIL Hugh Jackman never knew wolverines were real animals; he mistakenly studied wolves in preparation for the iconic super hero role.