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TIL "The rabbit died" used to be a common euphemism for a positive pregnancy test

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OoRyL TIL American literary icon Jack Kerouac grew up speaking French, until he was six. He also played football at Columbia.
NLAe TIL it is technically legal to take wine through airport security in your bra
B5WD TIL of Imposter Syndrome - a concept describing achieving individuals who are marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a “fraud”.
NQvM TIL Out of 10.7 million Africans who survived the voyage to the New World, only 388,000 were shipped to North America (-6%).
nWXer TIL that leaving a Plasma Globe Lamp near a device like a laptop or a phone sends a strong enough radio signal to mess with the functionality of it.