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TIL: More than 4,000 Swedes have inserted microchips into their hands to store emergency contact details, social media profiles or e-tickets for events and rail journeys

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a8r09 TIL the painting American Gothic is not a portray of a husband and wife, but a farmer standing beside his unmarried daughter.
6evl TIL that speed limits in Rhode Island, Utah, and Texas are all “prima facie”, which means motorists can get out of a speeding fine if they can justify their use of excessive speed.
p80Ob TIL the Australian Kangaroo 1 tonne gold is the largest bullion coin in the world made of 99.99% gold and weighing 1 tonne or 35,274 ounces, 80cm wide and more than 12cm deep. At today’s (May 26, 2020) gold price ($1,710.42USD) this coin is worth $‭60,343,937 USD.
wRv6 TIL of Julie D’Aubigny who was a 17th century bisexual French opera singer and fencing master who fought and won at least ten life-or-death duels, performed nightly shows on the biggest opera stage in the world and once took the Holy Orders just so that she could sneak into a convent and shag a nun.
7rwZO TIL that during the great depression, people used to pull cars with horses because they couldn't afford gas