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TIL barcode scanners scan the white bars not the black ones

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KYEe9 TIL Wolves don't have Alpha Male mentalities. This was a misunderstood theory.
Y7kwZ TIL in 1906, an irrigation company rerouted the Rio Grande, pushing the US town Rio Rico south of the river, causing it to be mistaken as Mexican. In 1972, the United States learned the land was US soil and officially ceded it to Mexico, allowing the local-born residents American citizenship.
5ly9 TIL that Animal House was filmed on campus at University of Oregon only because the dean had previously refused to shoot The Graduate on that same campus, and he regretted that decision so much, he allowed Animal House to be filmed there.
gr068 TIL that 50% of Roger Federer's name is "er"
epAmE TIL the satellite LES-1 ceased transmissions in 1967, but randomly started transmitting again in 2012.