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TIL that the Bible translation for calling Mary a “virgin” is wrong.

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VMV8m TIL that the saying “put a sock in it” is believed to come from the early 20th century, when people would stuff socks into their gramophones (a device for recording, reproduction and sound), to make it quiet, because the gramophones did not have volume controls.
b9kaZ TIL In Sweden, Elisabeth Hallin and Lasse Diding tried to name their child Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, which is apparently pronounced "Albin," to protest a 5,000 SEK fine when they failed to register his name by his fifth birthday.
o4XY TIL that JetBlue and Southwest are the only major US airlines with no fatalities
jjen TIL in 1974 a newscaster committed suicide during a live broadcast. Her last words were “In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in ‘blood and guts’, and in living color, you are going to see another first—attempted suicide.”
ANXeo TIL After Vancouver hosted 2010 Olympics, its Olympics Village became a ghost town, to the extent that a sales campaign discounted remaining units by up to 50% in 2011. The developer fell short on its loan payments because of poor sales