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TIL That H. R. Giger's Name Is Pronounced Geegur Not Gaigur

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0wEaL TIL Mickey Mantle said his favorite moment at Yankees Stadium was getting a blowjob under the right field bleachers during a game after pulling his groin, which prevented him from having sex with her
kAv5 TIL the word “melon” has been used euphemistically to refer to women’s breasts since ancient Greece
E1BDw TIL The construction of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe was put on hold for a while after they realized that the graffiti-resistant coating was being sourced from the same company the Nazis bought their Zyklon B from
WkKaX TIL in 1993, the U.S. signed Public Law 103-150, also known as "The Apology Resolution". This acknowledged that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 was an illegal act. Hawaiians have used this resolution as an argument for their sovereignty.
rDod TIL in Titanic, Jack and Rose could both have survived if Rose took off her lifejacket and put it under the plank. It wasn’t a question of room, but buoyancy, and the lifejacket would have given the needed buoyancy for them both to survive. Some ingenuity would have saved them.