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TIL during the Cold War the RCMP developed and used a “fruit machine” which measured pupil dilation in relation to pics of men and women to determine whether someone was gay.

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N7Qp6 TIL In St. Petersburg, Russia, The hermitage Cats have been protecting the Hermitage Museum’s priceless art from rodents since the Museum opened its doors in 1764. The museum has a press secretary dedicated to the cats.
wo6vP TIL the estimate for number of stars in the observable universe is not one per grain of sand on all the beaches in the world - astronomers estimate there are 10,000 stars for every grain of sand on every beach in the world.
ermg TIL David Tran, creator of Sriracha hot sauce, refuses to copyright the name of his product, and loves the popularity of his creation so much, he maintains a daily ritual of searching the Internet for the latest Sriracha spinoff.
9w0om TIL Victor Salva, the director of Powder and the Jeepers Creeps trilogy is a convicted child molester that abused the star of Clownhouse
WMNB TIL that in 1972, a serbian flight attendant fell from 33000ft (10000m) after the plane she was flying in was torn apart by an explosive device. She survived the fall without permanent injuries.