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TIL In 1996 a middle aged bank robber rubbed lemon juice on his face because he thought it would make him invisible on camera.

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5YQZn TIL a fossil rhinoceros skull was found in a gravel pit in Klagenfurt, Austria, in 1335, and was thought to belong to a dragon. In 1590, the fossil skull was used to model a dragon statue which has been called the world's first paleontological reconstruction.
LkQ1V TIL the police officer shot during the assassination attempt on President Reagan sued the gun manufacturer. The case was rejected and set the precedent that gun manufacturers can't be sued for crimes committed with their weapons.
WZaA TIL the CPU powering NASA’s New Horizons is the same CPU which powered the original Playstation
ejGD TIL that automatic toilets waste 45% more water than manual toilets.
Oo9QR Today I learned about the life of Tlatoani Nezahualcoyotl one of the greatest kings of the pre-Columbian era in America and about his incredible life in which he was a poet, engineer, legislator, philosopher, and a war that killed 14 rival kings with his own hands and father of 110 children.