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TIL there is a sculpture on the grounds of the CIA which I has four encrypted messages. The last of them has not been solved in 30 years.

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rRnyd TIL about unofficial medical jargon. FLK- "Funny Looking Kid” is one of the most common abbreviations used. FLK does not mean that the child looks comical but it refers to the child looking different from the norm.
10WD TIL PETA had a problem with the whaling segment of Assassins Creed : Black Flag. Ubisoft dismissed it saying they did not condone whaling any more than they they condoned a pirate lifestyle
1lZW TIL that Bell telephone could have made the internet back in the 1960s if their “picturephone” service had not flopped.
b9wpp TIL about the practice of widow's succession. This was a practice used by several countries in the early 20th century were if a politician died in office they would be succeeded by their widow. The practice resulted in some of the earliest women to hold political office in modern times.
LNAp TIL There is a vigilante group of women in India whose mission includes beating up abusive husbands.