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Today I learned with enough Watermelons, you can block an Artillery shot!

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7807Z TIL that from 1958 to 2002 it was tradition for the newly elected French President to pardon traffic offenses for the 6-12 months before the election. President Chirac ended the tradition because of the substantial rise in traffic deaths and injuries it caused.
gRLL TIL the real guy behind the ‘Bad Luck Brian’ meme purposefully looked goofy for the picture he is known for. He purchased the vest at a thrift store and rubbed his face to get the awkward redness.
8Lka TIL that some areas in Scotland and Japan switched to blue street lights at night and saw a decrease in crime and suicide rates.
v1YK8 TIL that native English speakers are never taught the correct way to order adjectives: they just know it
VMZa4 TIL: In 2004, a study was conducted to test the correlation between video game usage and surgical performance. It turned out that of the doctors sampled, the surgeons who played video games at least 3 hours a week performed surgeries 27% faster and with 37% less errors than their counterparts!