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TIL that the little piece of paper to help you open a Hershey’s kiss is called a “Nigglywiggly”

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9wxeD TIL about the Gnomes of Wrocław. In the 1980s people in the Polish city began painting gnomes over Soviet propaganda. After the fall of the USSR, a sculptor was hired to place gnomes around the city to honor their history. Others joined in and now there are over 400 gnomes and an annual parade.
dDRR8 TIL the song Dumb Ways to Die has been attributed with up to a 30% reduction in near miss train accidents during the following 12 months after its release
dDmjK TIL that cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, etc. are all varieties of one species: Brassica oleracea
dDrmj TIL That Helium is the only element that is completely non-renewable, and we're rapidly running out of it - which is a big issue, as Helium is used heavily in the scientific community
6EBVW TIL halting sneezing via blocking the nostrils and mouth is a dangerous manoeuvre. It may lead to numerous complications, such as pneudomediastinum (air trapped in the chest between both lungs), perforation of the tympanic membrane (perforated eardrum), and even rupture of a cerebral aneurysm.