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TIL that in a study by Kimberly-Clark, Gas pump handles are the filthiest surface that Americans encounter on the way to work

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78Lwb TIL about cherophobia - the fear of (or anxiety about) happiness.
0dXvv TIL That there is an Enigma message that hasn't been broken yet
D1XVJ TIL In 2014 two chemists co-authored a paper describing all those consumer products appropriately labelled as “chemical free”. The paper was blank.
wLw6J TIL Japan has a sticker system for warning other drivers that the driver is inexperienced or elderly. Young drivers are designated with a “Shoshinsha” sticker, and elderly drivers are designated with a “Koreisha” sticker on their cars.
9XYG TIL that in 1599, a Spanish governor in early colonial Ecuador was executed by having molten gold poured down his throat.