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TIL that "hit me baby one more time" from Britney Spears's debut single was meant to mean "hit me up on the telephone" and was a mistranslation by the Swedish songwriter

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1Zgd TIL that women in poor countries with worse health tend to be attracted more to masculine looking men, while women in rich countries prefer more feminine looking men
4X1O5 TIL that 42% of games in the Canadian Soccer League in 2015 showed signs of suspicious betting activity.
obl7 TIL a student wanted to name the international system of units make 10^27 (1 octillion) a “hella” matter. The Universe would be 1.4 hellameters. If it wouldnt be rejected, it would make the universe officialy “hella big”.
16rd TIL mothers hid creepily in Victorian photos in order to hold their babies still
yQ4PJ TIL that fearing job losses caused by mechanization, Queen Elizabeth I denied William Lee a patent for his knitting machine in the late 1500s. He had to move to France, where he was granted a patent by Henry IV, the King of France