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TIL that the Museum of Communism in the Czech Republic is located above a McDonald’s

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jB8p TIL When people are found dead in the wilderness with no outward signs of injury, they check their eardrums, and if they’re not intact, they know that the cause of death was lightning.
dvpd TIL in 1994, American Michael Fay was sentenced to caning in Singapore for theft and vandalism. Caning is a routine sentence in Singapore, but its unfamiliarity to Americans created a backlash. The number of strokes in Fay’s sentence was reduced from 6 to 4 after U.S. officials requested leniency
VM1Vm TIL the man who voiced Tigger from "Winnie the Pooh" was the first to invent an artificial heart
GKJN TIL that in 1968 Olympics, Kip “Kieno” was late for the 1500m final, because he was stuck in traffic. He ran 2 miles to make it to the event on time, and still won the gold. He was also suffering from Gallstones.
yQ5w TIL In the early 70’s a treatment model for schizophrenia that used no drugs or psychiatrists rehabilitated the majority of the patients that attended it.