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TIL that the town of Liberal Kansas was named after a local landowner who was called a liberal because he was very generous with his well water during droughts. (www.britannica.com)
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TIL a reclusive British trader caused a flash crash in 2010 that wiped $1 trillion off the US stock market while trading from his parents house in London. (techiegamers.com)
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TIL an oil platform called Piper Alpha, located in the North Sea about 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland, exploded and sank on 6 July 1988, killing 165 of the men on board. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Volkswagen, one of the biggest car makers in the world, also produces a type of sausage called currywurst, which they mainly serve to their employees. The company has in fact, made more sa... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL That the Pink Panther cartoon show was created due to the success of the character in the opening credits of the Pink Panther films (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about Exploding Head Syndrome (EHS) a type of sleep disorder in which you hear a loud noise or explosive crashing sound in your head. The sound isn't real or heard by anyone else. (my.clevelandclinic.org)
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TIL that pilots can clearly see the curvature of the earth, especially those flying at higher altitudes (www.planeandpilotmag.com)
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TIL that in 2019 the highest-paid public employee, in 40 out of the 50 United States, was a college football or basketball coach. (www.espn.com)
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TIL about the "resource curse", the phenomenon of countries with an abundance of natural resources having less economic growth, less democracy, and less development than countries with fewer resour... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Northeast Greenland National Park holds the title as the world's largest park. If it were a country, it would rank as the 29th largest by land area. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Ann Margret, the famous singer, dancer and actress from the 60s, was of Swedish descent and emigrated to the US in 1946 with the family not knowing a word of English. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL; Bayer knowingly sold AIDS Contaminated Hemophilia blood products worldwide because the financial investment in the product was considered too high to destroy the inventory. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Brad Pitt's brother Doug Pitt reenacted a scene from Se7en for a local beer company (www.youtube.com)
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TIL A community close to the jungles in Uganda received $50,000, the area's 20 percent share of annual income from gorilla tourism and now villagers are motivated to protect gorillas. In the past r... (www.sfgate.com)
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TIL that the Great Sphinx of Giza’s nose has been broken since at least the 1400s. A 15th century writer blamed the incident on the actions of a zealot in 1378. Archaeological evidence indicates th... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Norsemen are NOT the original inhabitants of Iceland. Irish monks called the Papar are “native” to the island and arrived before any other humans. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about the Children’s Crusade, where thousands of European children thought that God would allow them to take over Jerusalem, even though 3 previous crusades had failed (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Tesla is the most recalled car brand (insideevs.com)
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TIL of Snap-dragon, a parlour game from the 16th century. In a dark room, brandy was heated and placed in a wide shallow bowl; raisins were placed in the brandy which was then set alight. The objec... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL of the Toronto Hospital Baby Deaths. A 625 percent increase in infant morality led to the discovery of digoxin present at levels 13 times higher than normal in the babies. To date, the exact cu... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about Gödel's Loophole. While studying for his American citizenship test, Kurt Gödel believed he had found a flaw in the US constitution that would permit the American democracy to be legally t... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Arizona driver licenses don’t need to be renewed until the resident is 65 years old; the same license can be used for 5 decades (www.myimprov.com)
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TIL that while filming The Exorcist, Linda Blair was rigged to a mechanical bed that shook her so violently she fractured her spine. The shot was used in the final film, and her screams of pain wer... (www.looper.com)
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TIL a study showed that using 600mg/week of testosterone enanthate, an anabolic steroid, can improve lean muscle mass even in men that don't exercise at all. The men who received testosterone but d... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that following the Roman departure from Britain (410 CE), systematic construction of paved highways in the UK did not resume until the early 18th century (en.wikipedia.org)
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After the Romans departed, systematic construction of paved highways in the United Kingdom did not resume until the early 18th century. The Roman road network remained the only nationally managed highway system within Britain until the establishment of the Ministry of Transport in the early 20th century.

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