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TIL Japanese researchers created a smoke alarm for the hard of hearing that pumps super-spicy wasabi mist into the air.

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8mL4 TIL the pool under the gym floor from It’s a Wonderful Life is a real pool, and still in operation today at Beverly Hills High.
bBxE TIL that in pretending to have a limp, Hugh Laurie has developed an actual limp.
JZYV TIL that although samurai are best known for their swordsmanship, originally the way of the warrior was the way of the horse and the bow. “kyūjutsu [art of archery] was actually considered a more vital skill for a significant portion of Japanese history”
16WkW TIL all of the covers of the Babysitters Club books were oil paintings by the artist Hodges Soileau, and that he sells them via his IG!
yLbM TIL of the ’ Andrew Carnegie Dictum’ - to spend the first third of one’s life getting all the education one can, to spend the next third making all the money one can and to spend the last third giving it all away for worthwhile causes.