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

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N7AVe TIL about Swahili Time. The local clock is measured from sunrise (1pm) which replaces 7am Western time . In order to convert to local time you must add six hours to GMT (+3).
OG0W4 TIL the force needed to use an English longbow effectively means that skeletons of longbowmen surviving from the period often show enlarged left arms and bone spurs in the arms and shoulders
e0G65 TIL it only takes the average person 10-20 minutes to fall asleep
oRPPL TIL your brain stays half-awake when you goto sleep in a new place
b9Aj TIL During WWI, a British soldier showed mercy to a wounded German infantryman… who later turned out to be Adolf Hitler.