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TIL there is apparently a $43,652 chandelier on Amazon, and there are only 20 left in stock so invest now!!!

Doctor Who premièred the same day JFK's head exploded

Today I Learned that letters with round tops (Q, O, S, etc.) are drawn a smidgeon higher than letters with flat tops (E,T,F, etc.). This 'overshoot' makes them appear equal to our perception

TIL that all those videos about the old Hollywood accent are absolute BS.

TIL that the "Blowing smoke up my ass" phrase probably didn't come from a medical usage, but North Americans did use tobacco for health reasons.

TIL about "Dubbing", the practice of removing part of a farmed birds earlobes or other parts attached to the head. It is usually done without any anesthetic

TIL of Waldorf schools

TIL that Gwyneth Paltrow is not just a harmless grifter

TIL March is Irish American heritage month, but we don't have a British-American, or Scottish-American heritage month.

TIL: Eating pine nuts can occasionally cause some people to experience a bitter or metallic taste lasting from a few days up to 2 weeks

There are French controlled islands off the coast of Newfoundland (Canada)

Some owls have skinny long legs

Vladamir Putin played the piano and sang 'Blueberry Hill' in English

TIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deaths

TIL There's a mostly herbivorous spider in Mexico and central America

TIL there is a monument to the peer review process in Moscow, Russia

TIL some cities (like NYC) pump nitrogen into their phone lines to keep water out.

TIL only 3% of manufactured foods sold in the U.S. are deemed "healthy" by the Food and Drug Administration

TIL the etymology of british isles names

TIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, a psychological concept wherein you strategically fail to perform something you don't actually want to do