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TIL a group of kittens is called a “kindle”

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DNWJ TIL During WWI, Dominic “Fats” McCarthy was awarded the Victoria Cross after he, virtually unaided, killed 22 Germans, captured 5 machine guns, 50 prisoners, and half a kilometer of the German front. When it was over even the prisoners he’d captured patted him on the back for what he’d done.
yQwRa TIL that a Cantonese phrase used by parents upset by their kids is that "it'd be better to have given birth to barbecued pork instead of you". It comes from the use of meal tickets in 1950s China in which meat tickets were highly priced and barbecued pork was a luxury.
KYOZB TIL Before Wi-fi and modems people had shows that were transmitted over the radio. These shows had games, calculation programs, educational tools, encyclopedias, and even flight simulators. People tuned in and recorded and played the sounds back to their personal computers.
YpYQP TIL oilman Charles Hipp owned a beloved pet lion named Blondie in the 50s. He even tried to register her in a children's fishing tournament one year.
awjyN TIL In the GTA IV (A very popular 2000s video game), the drunk driving feature sparked massive controversy that MADD requested the game be rated from Mature to Adults Only.