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TIL a woman was found dead on the couch of her London apartment 3 years after her death. The TV was still on & a mountain of mail had built up behind the front door.

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Oyw1 TIL Macadamia nuts are never sold in the shell because it takes ~300-pounds-per-square-inch of pressure to break the shell! (Bonus: you probably already knew that macadamias are NOT native to Hawaii, coming originally from Australia.)
VeXB TIL Blazing Saddles marks the first time a fart recording had been used in cinema
GYDm5 TIL almost 90% of Israeli wastewater is purified and used in irrigation, four times more than any other country.
QNvvk TIL in March 1933 The Enabling Act became law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.
XxWk TIL that Google will award $30M to the first privately funded teams to successfully 1) land a robot on the Moon, 2) navigate it for more than 500m on its surface, and 3) transmit back high-def videos and images of the feat. Countries like Brazil, Chile, India, Hungary have joined the competition.