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TIL of Auto-brewery syndrome - A condition where the gut produces alcohol and makes you drunk

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R51gQ TIL about Sandmännchen, the longest running animated series in television history. It has aired since 1959 and has over 22,000 episodes.
pYOJA TIL that time cannot be measured by any clock. Watches do not have a single component that is affected by time.
Egr1x TIL: In 1986, one of the first computer hacks was uncovered when a systems administrator at Lawrence Berkeley Labs was trying to track down 75 cents or 9 seconds of unaccounted for server time. Cliff Stoll now runs a business selling klein bottles.
ZPjG TIL a SWAT team raided and held a Maryland mayor and his mother-in-law at gunpoint, and shot and killed his two dogs. No action has been taken against the officers or their respective police departments while stating “we’d do it again, tonight.”
N1v1 TIL that Hugh Hefner is credited for breaking the color barrier in stand up comedy when he hired African American comedian Dick Gregory to perform at the Playboy Club in Chicago.