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TIL the French word for ‘walkie-talkie’ is 'talkie-walkie’.

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nepkG TIL Former Manson Family member Barbara Hoyt, was poisoned by a hamburger with several doses of LSD in it. This was meant to prevent her from testifying in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. The plan backfired when she survived. After the attempt to silence her, her reticence disappeared.
L7w9 TIL there is a logical fallacy called the fallacy fallacy, the fallacy of overusing fallacy in the analysis of arguments
YMYW TIL: AN Irish Army once invaded Canada
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9w6Z6 TIL During the first dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, one of the outer window panes on the bathysphere cracked. They opted to continue, and successfully reached the bottom.