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TIL UPS gets 15,000 parking tickets in New York a month

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Wk94Y TIL Death by black hole is called spaghettification. The tidal forces inside a black hole are so strong that they stretch your body into a long thin noodle of your composite atoms as you descend.
R5go1 TIL that the main ingredient of Pepto Bismol, Bismuth Subsalicylate, was first used not only to prevent life threatening diarrhea from Cholera, but as a surface disinfectant because of its bactericidal properties. The medicine kills bacteria colonizing the intestinal mucosa that cause stomach upset.
R7L99 TIL about a journalist/broadcaster from BBC who was assassinated at a bus stop in London by the KGB. A 1.7mm pallet was shot in his leg from the tip of an umbrella. The coating of the pallet melted and allowed the deadly toxin "Ricin" to be absorbed in his bloodstream. He was dead 4 days later.
NxeM TIL the German Parliament building has a glass dome above it that people can walk over. This is to remind the politicians that government should be transparent, and the people are always above them.
V1k0 TIL that the US FDA allows any food product containing less than five calories per serving to be labeled as “zero calories.”