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TIL that the village of Westward Ho! is the only place in the British Isles with an exclamation mark in its name

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9aEQ TIL that NASA has special wristwatches that keep Mars time for employees working with the rovers
nKw9 TIL a term for gay used to be “Friend of Dorothy”. In the 80s , the Navy believed that there actually was some woman named Dorothy at the center of a massive ring of homosexual military personnel, so they launched an enormous and futile hunt for the elusive “Dorothy”.
Z8Al4 TIL that the 'Turn-about Ranch', a camp that is frequently recommended by Dr Phil to troubled children, has cases of children being severely abused and humiliated.
X5AR TIL There is a bill known as the “Cheeseburger Bill” which makes it illegal for people to sue food companies for making them obese.
mx6AR TIL The recorder was a very serious instrument in the Renaissance, Baroque periods, and reached its zenith in the Baroque. But it was overcome by the needs of louder orchestras, and so the transverse flute [held sideways] became the instrument of choice