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TIL Texas keeps track of all criminal convictions and whether those convicted had a concealed handgun licenses (CHL). CHL holders accounted for 0.1897% of the criminal convictions in 2012.

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OGZyX TIL Neil Armstrong was filmed as he stepped on the moon with a $2.3 million upside-down camera. Westinghouse built for Apollo 11 a special model that the astronaut deployed by pulling a handle near the ladder he climbed down onto the lunar surface. NASA inverted the image for the TV audience.
oBRro TIL that when spun and dropped a large distance, a ball will glide.
vP517 TIL that crustless bread was used as an eraser during the Japanese Meiji era (1868–1912). Since there was no restriction, it was often used to partially satiate hunger.
69Pm7 TIL of the 1862 Nueces Massacre in Texas, when 96 Confederate soldiers killed 37 German-Texan Unionists who were attempting to flee to Mexico, and slaughtering 9 Germans who were badly wounded in the fight, marking the end to overt German Unionist resistance in Texas for the remainder of the war.
1AP7 TIL Band-aids emit a blue flash of light when pulled apart - visible to the human eye when you do it in the dark!