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TIL about the existence of a symbol for ?!, the interrobang

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X0n86 TIL that even though September is not the most common birth month in the U.S., 9 of the top 10 most common birthdays fall between Sept 9th - Sept 20th. This correlates to abnormally high conception rates during the December holiday season aka “New Years Babies”
E14ZX TIL a very nearsighted person can see more or less normally underwater because of the faulty refractive index of the eye is negated by the waters refractive index
E1EQP TIL an Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to spend day at the "stinkiest, smelliest" section of a landfill, as punishment for animal neglect. "If you puke, you puke"
YpGmA TIL about Djordje Mihailovic, a keeper of Serbian Military Cemetery at Zeitenlik, in Thessaloniki. Like his grandfather and father before him, for more than half a century he welcomes the descendants of Serbian soldiers who died in Salonika front during the WW1. He is the last of his line.
57YP TIL: The salary of the President of the United States is actually at an all-time low, if adjusted for inflation