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TIL that the Windows 10 desktop background wasn't computer generated, but a picture of lasers being shot through an actual window

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Gw7g TIL there is a secured village in the Netherlands specifically for people with dementia, where they can act out a normal life while being monitored and assisted by caretakers in disguise.
xV5WB TIL chicken produced in US has been banned in the EU since 1997 as it is washed in a strong chlorine solution. The chlorine washing is popular in US due to poor hygiene standards in abattoirs.
won8E TIL about the Newport Dock Disaster of 1909, which claimed the lives of 39 men, and also about Tom Toya Lewis, a 14-year-old boy who attempted to help the trapped men and who was awarded the Albert Medal for his efforts.
a4go TIL: This is what obesity looked like in 1949
j6VQQ TIL that in 1999, Sergio Motsoeneng ran part of the Comrades Marathon, then went into a mobile toilet to switch places with his twin brother. They won 9th place and the equivalent of about $500, but got caught when a newspaper published photos of them wearing their watches on opposite wrists.