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TIL taser is an acronym (Thomas A. Swift’s electric rifle)

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GnkQ TIL sign-language users have been known to sign in their sleep.
8JNG TIL General Motors pays its CEO more than it pays in US taxes
X0kVR TIL Long-haul flights has secret rest area above the main cabin for flight attendants so that they can rest. The rest area has seven or eight beds, and occasionally a separate bathroom as well. They can also enjoy in-flight entertainment.
woonP TIL about the 1994 Black Hawk friendly-fire incident, in which 2 USAF F-15s shot down 2 US Army Black Hawk helicopters, killing all 26 on-board.
5OVP TIL that the Thomas Jefferson quote “A government big enough to give you everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have” was never uttered by Jefferson. It was first said by Gerald Ford.