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TIL actress Sydney Sweeney was valedictorian of her highschool graduating class.

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8egab TIL a 2011 study, published in The Journal of Sex Research, found that two out of five single women and one out of five single men in "friends with benefits" relationships hoped that their relationship would eventually turn into a full-fledged romance.
v1KBx TIL that the creator of peanut M&Ms, Forrest Mars, was actually allergic to peanuts
oZbo TIL only one US Soldier has been executed between the US Civil War and present day for the crime of desertion - Eddie Slovik, during WWII. Although 21,000 soldiers were tried for desertion during WWII, and 49 handed death sentences, only Slovik actually faced the firing squad.
M7rlB TIL about the first wearable computer
LYBd TIL U2 pilots were given cyanide suicide pills. After a pilot almost accidentally ingested a suicide pill instead of candy during a flight, the suicide pills were put into boxes to avoid confusion.