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TIL that Smart in Smartphones, smart-homes, etc, stands for "Self Monitoring And Reporting Technologies"

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XEjVE TiL about Salaria Kea, thought to be the only African-American nurse to volunteer with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War.
97X TIL that crying releases excess stress hormones, thus creating the effect of feeling better after crying.
Vgvm TIL that Chuck Lorre, Creator of the Big Bang Theory, also Composed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song
rRY90 TIL that although children of identical twins are legally first cousins, genetically, they are actually half siblings
e0kY4 TIL it is illegal in Virginia to have sex if you are unmarried