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TIL that the word “literally” now literally means figuratively according to the dictionary.

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8aQPL TIL that the difference between a knife and a dagger is that a dagger has a double edged blade while other knives only have the one
Bgpjy TIL that data consistently show a spike in traffic deaths following the Super Bowl, and a spike in drunk-driving deaths specifically. For the five Super Bowls between 2015 and 2019, there were 244 total traffic deaths nationwide in the 12-hour period during and after the Super Bowl.
b9rLN TIL the FDA has cleared the world’s first portable, low-cost MRI. It costs $50K USD which is 20x cheaper than traditional systems, runs on 35x less power, and weighs 10x less than normal 1.5T MRI machines.
P1AYe TIL about the Great Sheep Panic of 1888 where tens of thousands of sheep, in an area of 200 square miles, simultaneously broke out of their enclosure and looked like they were terror stricken
5YaYR TIL a single man submersible canoe was developed for special operations in WW2