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TIL in Georgia(country) deda means mum and mama means dad

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LXxV TIL That Steve Irwin was offered a state funeral following his death, however his dad rejected the government’s offer citing that Steve would have wanted to have been remembered as “an ordinary bloke”.
LkLYv TIL a 2004 study found out that only about 1 in 25,000 Singaporeans aged 15-64 had used cannabis in the previous year.
4ngJ TIL a man who committed suicide wrote a 1,905 page suicide note, complete with a bibliography and works cited.
orxK TIL in the 1930s, penicillin was so precious that it was re-extracted from the urine of patients to conserve every last bit of it.
XE6Mr TIL Nikola Tesla predicted smart phones with incredible accuracy almost 100 years ago