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TIL in Quartz watches, the second hand is rarely aligned perfectly. This is an unintentional indicator that the watch is handmade, because mass machine assembly is required to completely ensure that the second hands align.

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Rom9 TIL a professional rugby player had his scrotum torn open during a match, had it sewn back together on the bench, and finished the match.
JY54j TIL In the original Cinderella Story the ball was set over three days, and Cinderella had eluded him the first two nights, so the prince had set a mousetrap and covered the palace stairs in tar to catch Cinderella before she escaped.
EYNx TIL Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the U.S., was the first president to have electricity in the White House, but wouldn’t touch the switch because he was too scared of being electrocuted.
X0948 TIL that Archimedes supposedly invented a giant lens that focused the power of the sun to burn enemy Greek ships
Bg8OW TIL about Huis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki, Japan; a theme park which recreates the Netherlands by displaying life-sized copies of old Dutch buildings.