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TIL that Stephen Colbert is deaf in his right ear due to a botched surgery

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kOEr1 TIL (and also fucked up) that you can use your shoelaces to unlock your car when you lock your keys in like I did today
oagY TIL the United States is on pace to build a 1-megawatt laser weapon capable of melting 20 feet of steel per second.
R7008 TIL Bert Williams, a black man and the most popular vaudeville minstrel star of his time, went to the Hotel Astor in New York, and when the bartender, trying to get rid of him, told him drinks were $50 because of his race, Williams pulled a wad of $100 bills and bought a round for the bar
pEW4 TIL that Tutankhamun was buried with a large supply of clean underwear
a8jpJ TIL when a pope dies, the cardinal camerlengo confirms the death by gently tapping the pope's head thrice with a silver hammer, calling his birth name each time. He then retrieves the Ring of the Fisherman and cuts it in two. The pope's seals are defaced, and his personal apartment is sealed.