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TIL an autological word expresses a property that it also possesses (e.g., “word” is a word and pentasyllabic has five syllables)

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gmV4 TIL that over 90 people volunteered to die in Operation Crossroads, the Navy’s first atomic test in the Bikini Atoll, including geriatrics, the suicidal, and one death-row inmate. All were, of course, refused.
neyy9 TIL that in 2018, country music fans were shocked and appalled to learn that lifelong hippy and progressive Willie Nelson was, in fact, not a Republican.
yQVXa TIL if you are thrown out of a Las Vegas strip club, you are entitled to be reimbursed your cover charge and the cost of any alcoholic beverage you purchased. (Las Vegas Code of Ordinances sec.6.06B.090(O).)
lQLr TIL The United States has just 4.4% of the world population, but 22% of the worlds prisoners
LAj9 TIL that the sons of Hitler’s nephew made a pact to never have children, thus ending Hitler’s bloodline