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TIL Balisongs (butterfly knives) are not illegal because of more use in violent crime, but because they can cause prolific amounts of Emergency Room visits from user-based accidents.

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Vx7Q TIL Livia Soprano was suppose to die when Tony tries to suffocate her in season 1. However, Nancy Marchand, who played Livia, was sick with cancer and said to the creator, “David, just keep me working.” He graciously obliged. She died before her final scenes so they CGI’d her head on a body double.
BLRr TIL of Boudica, a Celtic queen who in 60 AD led an uprising against the Romans, razing three cities and killing 80,000 Romans. This was revenge for Rome annexing her kingdom after her husband died, flogging her publicly and ordering her daughters raped. Rome needed more than 3 legions to subdue her.
BJkL TIL the method of dying the Chicago river green for St. Patrick’s Day was discovered by accident. The fluorescein dye was first used to detect pollution in the water. Since the Chicago river is so polluted, the entire river turned bright green.
a8gro TIL although chopsticks have supplanted spoons for eating rice in China and Japan, Korean people continue to use spoons to eat rice and alternate back and forth with chopsticks during a meal
awNEo TIL Andrea Bocelli has been blind since he was 12, when he was hit in the eye by a soccer ball which caused a brain hemorrhage. Doctors tried leeches as a last resort but unfortunately were unsuccessful.