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TIL James Buchanan was America's first (and only) bachelor President. His niece, Harriet, acted as First Lady

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p810N TIL that TV pickup is a phenomenon that affects electricity transmission networks. It occurs when a large numbers watch the same TV programmes while taking advantage of breaks in programming to operate electrical appliances, thus causing large synchronised surges in national electricity consumption.
JYa5B TIL that your anus and rectum are lined by the same type of tissue as your mouth, which explains why your poop can burn
WEGB TIL ‘Playboy’ once featured a short story about heterosexual men being persecuted in a world where homosexuality was the norm. In response to angry letters Hefner wrote, “If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too.”
OoWpe TIL Japan is the second largest music market in the world after the US, in spite of not being a huge population. Physical sales are still huge there, with more record stores than the US.
167yO TIL that the word “fragging” refers to a soldier’s deliberate or attempted killing of a fellow soldier, usually a superior. The term was coined by U.S. military personnel during the Vietnam War, during which there were nearly 900 documented and suspected fragging incidents from 1969 to 1972.