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TIL it is illegal to sell, import or advertise baby walkers in Canada, and owners of baby walkers can face up to six months in jail.

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KRX4 TIL that when South Park did an episode on Tourettes, the Tourettes Association said they expected it to be offensive. After broadcast, they conceded there was “a surprising amount of accurate information conveyed”, adding that the episode “served as a clever device” for providing accurate facts.
Oo69L TIL The massive ancient library of Ninevah (think: Mesopotamian equivalent of the library of Alexandria) was burnt by the Medes. Unlike a library containing organic documents, the fires treated the ~30,000 clay tablets and preserved the cuneiform text very well rather than destroying it.
NXP7M TIL in 2014, McDonald's revealed that Grimace, their purple monster mascot, is "the embodiment of a milkshake or a taste bud."
5PDr TIL a woman became paralyzed after her spine was injected with a powerful antiseptic instead of epidural during childbirth.
v1y48 TIL of bioengineering professor Manu Prakash, who invented a foldable microscope and centrifuge that cost under a dollar combined. The implications of these tools for impoverished countries are huge.