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TIL that the yiddish term farpotshket is used to describe something that is completely ruined as a result of someone trying to improve or fix it.

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nWRY TIL that if the Earth stopped spinning, the oceans would migrate to the poles, creating one equatorial megacontinent and two polar oceans, submerging nearly all of the northern U.S., Europe, Canada and Russia.
YvKA TIL in 1999, Ben Stiller made a pilot starring Jack Black as a former astronaut. He was exposed to inappropriate levels of solar energy, giving him superintelligence. And Owen Wilson played Heat Vision, a talking motorcycle.
9YVbB TIL that one of the leading causes of polio outbreaks in the 20th century was the creation of modern, underground sewers that prevented children from being exposed to the virus at a younger and safer age.
Lk94Z TIL from 1933 to 1975 it was illegal for Americans to own Gold.
YleB TIL: In 1992, a UK regulation required dance clubs to provide free water and chill-out rooms in response to a number of Ecstasy-related injuries and deaths