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TIL that the airport security question “Did you pack your bags yourself?” became mandatory thanks to an Irish girl named Anne-Marie Murphy whose bags were packed with by her terrorist boyfriend.

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XEnok TIL a study conducted in 2019 in the United States found that almost half of people reporting they had a food allergy are wrong.
R5v0a TIL that the characterization of Jack Sparrow is based off Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards
mROE TIL Pornhub announced it would be making a kinetic energy electric generator, aimed primarily at males, which uses the motion of masturbation to generate an electrical charge that can charge electronics.
LQ50P TIL that the cover of The Doors’ 1970 album “Morrison Hotel” was taken at an actual Morrison Hotel in LA. The band was not given permission to photograph, so they did it while the clerk was away from the desk. The band jumped right behind the windows and hit their places without shuffling.
6EDGw TIL there is only one non-terrestrial geocache in existence, placed by Richard Garriott on the ISS in 2008.