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TIL that there is a shotgun shell specifically designed to plant flowers

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wLdK1 TIL about "Benjaman Kyle," a man who was found outside a Burger King in Georgia with no identification nor memory of who he was. It took him nearly 11 years to finally discover who he really was.
oBDQY TIL Back in 1985 Nintendo sued Magnavox, the company who made the first video game console, and tried to invalidate their patents
oBKPo TIL of the Newport Sex Scandal in 1919, when male navy recruits investigating homosexuality in Rhode Island had sex with men, and then testified against them in trials against sodomy
x6eR5 TIL I learned that in England, there are "wavy" brick fences. This shape uses fewer bricks than a straight wall. The waves' arch support allows the wavy wall to stand strong while a straight wall requires at least two layers of bricks to do the same.
OOAL TIL concrete can be made translucent by incorporating optical fibers in merely 4% of its volume. The material feels and behaves just like concrete, but allows light to pass through.