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TIL that online dating began with Com-Pat (UK) in 1964 and Operation Match(USA) in 1965

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687Q TIL that when he was 12, actor and Martial Artist Jet Li was asked by Nixon to be his personal bodyguard. Li replied, “I don’t want to protect any individual. When I grow up, I want to defend my one billion Chinese countrymen!”
KO4lB TIL the median age of Afghanistan is only 18.9 years. Thus, over half the population is below the age of 19.
9wn8M TIL that TV dinners were invented as a way to use up 260 tons of leftover, frozen turkey that Swanson didn't know what to do with after Thanksgiving.
0wJbA TIL Pennsylvania Dutch groups were actually from Germany. The word "Dutch" does not refer to the Dutch people, but to the German settlers, known as "Deutsch".
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