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TIL that rapper Tech N9ne picks up bras that women throw on stage when he performs and donated them to domestic violent shelters.

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nep1P TIL that the term "teetotaler" came from the abbreviation "T.A.", for Total Abstinence. This was written on pledge cards in temperance societies, proclaiming that you were abstaining from alcohol rather than just drinking in moderation.
DQaVD TIL: Ionization smoke detectors, one of the two most common home smoke detectors, contain radioactive material (americium-241) to detect smoke. There is no health threat as long as the detector is used as directed and not damaged.
5wgB TIL that the hubble telescope required the most perfect mirror ever created. Work on it had to be done at night because the vibrations caused by cars driving 4 miles away were enough to cause damage.
lGKB TIL that while André 3000 from OutKast was a vegan for fifteen years, he recently gave it up, saying “Socially it became horrible. I was kind of just sitting at home eating a salad.”
P1pWO TIL that one of the lead characters in Glee was exposed by his ex for owning CSAM and killed himself after pleading guilty