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TIL the '5 Second Rule' has some validity : Bacteria transfer is time dependent, with carpet transferring just 1% and tile 70%

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BgrDx TIL a significant part of the local economy of Kinmen County is making high quality chef's knives from the over 1 million artillery shells fired on the island in the 1950s. Shells filled with propaganda leaflets instead of explosives landed whole, leaving tons of high quality steel lying around.
ANreg TIL indigenous Bolivians in the Andes have evolved to be arsenic resistant due the strong presence of AS3MT enzyme in their bodies that can metabolize the toxic element which is naturally found in drinking water.
BvPd TIL in Lebanon, the president must be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim, the speaker of the parliament a Shi'a Muslim and the deputy prime minister Eastern Orthodox
WQWd TIL That in Paris in 2010 an 18 month old infant fell from a 6th story window, bounced off the awning of a cafe below, and was then caught, unharmed, by a doctor who happened to be walking by.
4XRvX TIL King Gillette, who founded Gillette razors, believed that everyone in the US should live in a giant city called Metropolis powered by Niagara Falls.