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TIL Pinball was illegal in Oakland until 2014.

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QJOn6 TIL In 1946 a group of American benefactors purchased an original manuscript of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and donated it to the British Museum as a token of gratitude for Britain's stand against Hitler in WW2.
rNVKM TIL: Egyptian burial sites also have "meat mummies" which is mummified meat so the rulers have something to eat along with their mummified servants. In Ancient Rome, funeral banquets were held in front of the tomb and the mourners would pour alcohol into the corpse's mouth.
Lk6b9 TIL: The reason capsaicin (the chemical in peppers) makes you feel like you’re burning is because it lowers the tolerance of the pain receptors in your mouth such that your own body heat is enough to trigger them to tells your brain that things are dangerously hot.
gMlK8 TIL playing an instrument engages every major area on both sides of the brain, making it one of the best ways to engage your brain with benefits even at older ages (more in comment)
kJ9pB TIL authors in Finland receive library royalties that are almost as much per borrowed book as the royalty for each paperback sold