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TIL vasectomies increase 50% right before March Madness, that way men can sit at home and watch the tournament while recovering.

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Z8AYG TIL of the Chinese social credit system, which will be used to exclude citizens from flights, schools, loans etc. Based on their "score" received from monitoring of everyday activity
9Y8jp TIL Marie Antoinette's last words were "Pardon me sir, I did not do it on purpose" after she accidentally stepped on her executioner's foot.
R5Lyl TIL that when Telly Savales was a child, he won a spelling bee at Cobbett Junior High School in 1934, but did not get the winner's award until 1991, due to an oversight
p8AvA TIL that the same person (Alan Adler) invented both the Aerobie flying disc and the AeroPress coffeemaker
nDYW TIL the rise in popularity of the traditional Mexican music “Banda” caused a rash in tuba thefts in Southern California. High Schools would get broken into just for their tubas.