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TIL barcode scanners scan the white bars not the black ones

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VMNkZ TIL Ennio Morricone refused to move to US even offered mansion for free and never learned English.
5V8Dr TIL that a German WWII U-boat sank after its complex toilet malfunctioned and flooded the sub, forcing it to surface and be destroyed.
e0Ry4 TIL that Kid President has brittle bone disease and is a motivational speaker because he wants to make the world a better place before he dies at an early age
0gyN TIL that The Matrix was inspired by a philosophical concept called ‘Brain in a vat’ which can theoretically be proven yet remain unproven forever.
7Ka7 TIL that Humpty Dumpty was never explicitly described as an egg. That was added later by illustrators in the book.