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TIL: US Customs and Border Protection wants you to know that “bolts” and “screws” are not quite the same thing. It takes this distinction VERY seriously, and has released a 21 page technical document about how to tell the difference between the two.

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G0RG TIL A woman helped the police for years to track down a serial killer. She was working on a book detailing his grisly murders. But while writing it, the killer was suddenly caught. By pure coincidence, it was a close friend who she never could have suspected. His name was Ted Bundy.
ybLV TIL After the fall of the USSR, the Lithuanian Basketball team could not afford jerseys for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Grateful Dead became their financiers.
0Vbv TIL of the Pronghorn, the fastest creature in the western hemisphere. It can run 57mph for 9 miles. Existing pronghorn’s running speed and endurance far outpace any living predator, likely because its original predator is now extinct. It has 300° vision and can detect movement 4 miles away.
Wk5lA TIL Theodor Morell, Hitler’s personal doctor, gave him over 70 different drugs including methamphetamine injections and eye drops containing cocaine and adrenaline.
yVnoe TIL about Terra Australis, a hypothetical continent proposed in antiquity and appearing on maps from the 15th to 18th centuries. Based on the idea of balancing northern lands with southern ones, it shrank as explorations occurred. The name "Australia" stems from this centuries-old geographical myth.