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TIL that Paintball guns are also known as 'paintball markers' because they have been used by forestry personnel to mark trees and ranchers to mark wandering cattle.

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PY54G TIL Finland's 'housing first' policy requires the government to give people living on the street a free house before any financial aid. This model has proven to get people on their own feet much quicker and is being replicated by other European countries.
yXea TIL Emma Stone celebrated her mom being 2 years cancer free in 2010 by writing a letter to Paul McCartney asking him to sketch two birds’ feet because The Beatles’ song “Blackbird” was her mother’s favorite. Paul sketched the birds which Emma and her mom took and used to get matching wrist tattoos.
KOeKa TIL that in 1874, the NY Herald published an article about a mass escape of wild animals from the zoo, concluding with "the story given above is a pure fabrication". Most readers overlooked the final paragraph, and it sparked a mass panic, with the NY Times editor leaving his house with two pistols
pnmA TIL According to a study, abstaining from ejaculation has little effect on testosterone levels in men for 6 days, but testosterone levels reach approximately 146 percent on the seventh day.
l7eJB TIL Cleopatra wasn’t just alluring; she was crafty too. So the myth goes, she made a grand entrance to impress Julius Caesar by having herself rolled up in a carpet and delivered to his quarters. When the carpet was unrolled, out she came, nude and irresistible.