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TIL that the DCIM folder in your camera stands for “Digital Camera IMages”.

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GYYXE TIL Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle was mentioned as a possible suspect in the "Piltdown Man" hoax - one of the most significant scientific hoaxes of the 20th century
kObbE TIL of Kenneth Parks. In 1987 he drove 20 kms from his house to his In Laws' in Scarborough Toronto. He stabbed both of them killing his mother & badly injuring his father in law. He was acquitted of the murder charges because he was a Sleepwalker.
VBJwD TIL the largest non-rigid airship ever flown was in 1958. It was 122.8m long and 36.6 m high, had a crew of 21 people and a maximum speed of 128 km/h (80mph)
KPW6 TIL Bart Sibrel lured Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, to a hotel to interview him for a documentary. Sibrel, poking Aldrin with a bible, called him a “thief, liar and coward”, demanding he swear the moon landing wasn’t staged. Instead, Aldrin punched Sibrel, and was not prosecuted.
yQoka TIL scrambled eggs are fluffier and more tender if you beat the eggs and add salt 15 minutes before cooking them.