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TIL that most Jigsaw Puzzle companies use the same cutouts for Puzzle pieces, which can be mashed up to create brilliant surreal art creations

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8aRWV TIL that the New York City owns an abandoned 22-acre island less than one mile from Manhattan. It has been abandoned since 1963 with no current plans of development.
jgpQ TIL that reindeer are unable to walk and pee at the same time, so they have to take a bathroom break roughly every 6 miles. The distance between stops is so regular that in Finnish, this distance is known as “poronkusema” or “reindeer’s piss” and was a description of distances in the countryside.
m1GWE TIL That in the UK? You require a TV license to watch or stream any live content, barring PPV content. (Learned this after reading an article about the Tyson vs Paul fight)
4X5LJ TIL of the "Ken Norton Rule" His track coach entered him in eight events, and Norton placed first in seven. As a result, the "Ken Norton Rule", which limits participation of an athlete to a maximum of four track and field events, was instituted in Illinois high school sports
p8ynZ TIL James Chadwick (discovered the neutron) was a student of Rutherford (discovered the proton) who was a student of Thomson (discovered the electron)