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TIL a pencil can draw a line that’s roughly 35 miles long.

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epDB4 TIL that the movie 'Orphan' was based on a true story about a 33 year old woman, named Barbora Skrlova, that was adopted by a family who thought she was a 12 year old.
x6Je7 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.
9MEG TIL that in a UC Berkeley study, where a game of Monopoly was rigged so that one player started with twice the money, the advantaged player tended to contribute their inevitable victory to the decisions they made in the game rather than their initial advantage.
d8KKd TIL of the Cavan Orphanage Fire in which 35 children died because the nuns wouldn't let firemen in the building due to the children's "state of undress"
mAkx TIL swingers have the highest rate of STDs/STIs. you are far more likely to contract STDs/STIs from them than what you would from prostitutes.