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TIL that in parts of the UK, a rule from 1902 mandates that homes facing each other at the rear must be built 21 meters apart. This specific distance was determined by two urban designers who measured how far apart they could see each other's nipples through their shirts.

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MeQ1m TIL that because male chicks are virtually useless to the meat industry, soon after they hatch they are put into a maceration a large high-speed grinder.
mB4o TIL that Hawaii became the first state in the nation to ban plastic bags in all counties.
LDaV TIL that in 1962 scientists injected an elephant with a dose of LSD that was 3000 times a typical human dose. Five minutes later the elephant trumpeted, fell down, shit itself, went into a perpetual brain seizure, and then died an hour and forty minutes later.
j6Rv TIL that when a fish is caught and processed, most countries only utilize about 30% of it. The rest gets thrown away. Iceland, with it’s 96% utilization, is an exception.
OG6E4 TIL John Adam's daughter had breast cancer surgery with a fork, wooden razor, strapped in a chair and No Anesthesia.