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TIL Hobos are migrant worker, Tramps work when forced to, and Bums don’t work at all.

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baRN TIL “obsession” used to refer to being controlled by demons outside your body (whereas possession was being controlled by demons inside the body)
GY894 TIL super weaners are elephant seal pups who, in an attempt to slow their weaning, will steal milk from nursing female elephant seals ("milk thieves"), or be adopted by another nursing mother elephant seal ("double mother-sucklers"). Super weaners are usually male, and may weigh up to 600 lbs.
nWkdd TIL that Arab soap operas (musalsalat) air during the month of Ramadan and are enjoyed after the fast-breaking meal of Iftar. They typically last for 30 episodes that coincide with each night of Ramadan.
8a0pZ TIL The Berlin Wall was not the border between East and West Germany. The City of Berlin was in the middle of East Germany but had several zones controlled by the Western Allies.
JPn1 TIL: In 2007, a 55 year-old Slovenian man swam the Amazon, 3,274 miles, non-stop over 66 days. When told that his daily intake of two bottles of wine should be lessened for his health, he responded “I have to drink, I have to swim-I am Martin!”