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TIL that a popular slang in French for having your period is “Les Anglais ont debarqué”, or, “The English have landed”.

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Wk9ML TIL that a Colombian man died after a parasitic worm in his gut developed cancer which ultimately spread into his body
KOXQw TIL Ed O'Neill (the father in the Married with Children) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt.
xne7 TIL in 2009, Bill Gates gave a presentation on mosquitoes and malaria. After he explained the severity of the disease and how it’s transmitted via mosquitoes, he ended his presentation by releasing a swarm of mosquitoes into the audience.
XoDE TIL in 2007 Richard Hammond abandoned his Porsche 911 after being caught up in traffic chaos caused by the floods to run 16 miles home for his daughter’s fourth birthday.
mO0p TIL that the song “Black Betty”, popularized by Ram Jam in 1977, was originally an African-American work song.