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TIL in Chile, the the act of not wearing underwear has been called “to go gringo-style” (andar a lo gringo)

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Br5Ze TIL Linus Torvald originally wanted to name his OS Freax but it was an administrator from one of FTP server from which the OS was hosted who put the files under under a folder named "Linux".
VMXPB TIL of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act. While in active duty military, you can submit a request to your credit card lenders to lower your interest rate to a maximum of 6%, and they are required by law to comply. This applies to debt incurred before joining as well.
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