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TIL Penn Jilliette thinks South Park is the strongest force for critical thinking on television. They are also his heros.

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Z8YkG TIL Sean Connery once beat up four men single-handedly for giving some girls a hard time in a club, while Michael Caine held his coat
XEXaR Today I Learned that simply washing your lenses with soapy water prevents them from fogging when you wear a facemask and that this is a common technique used by surgeons and others in the operating theatre.
gM4aA TIL it took until 2020 to clear all the landmines in the Falkland Islands left over from the Falklands War
yVyXa TIL of ‘Project Pigeon’, a WW2 era US funded attempt to train pigeons to guide bombs to their targets. The pigeons were put inside of the bombs and acted as pilots, repeatedly pecking the target displayed through a lens to keep the bomb on course to the target.
Nw01 TIL in Japan it is illegal to dance after midnight. Nightclubs are routinely raided by the police, and undercover agents go in and check if people are dancing.