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TIL that crack pipes are sold as fake flowers in a glass tube at convenience stores.

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nWJNG TIL that there's a North Korean school system in Japan, ranging from kindergarten to university, for ethnic Koreans who registered with the DPRK.
57rn TIL that there is a sexually transmittable cancer among dogs in which the tumour cells are passed from dog to dog during copulation.
epV06 TiL that the comedian Red Skelton painted in his free time, eventually earning $2.5 million yearly on lithograph sales. At the time of his death, his art dealer said that Skelton had earned more money through his paintings than from his work as an entertainer.
R7VYQ TIL There's no "left brain vs. right brain" in terms of logic vs. creativity. The hemispherical breakdown in the brain is mostly to control a specific side of the body in terms of motor functions. Things like analytics, creativity, and other higher functions are spread out between both hemispheres.
jypX TIL the world’s first bio-adaptive building facade in Hamburg uses algae-filled biomass panels to capture heat, reflect light and generate electricity - “it is, in essence, an architectural ecosystem”