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TIL U.S. high schools used to have gun clubs. There was even a riflery championship where students competed on a national level.

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kA4 TIL when Doctor Who head writer, Steven Moffat, was asked by his wife to write a sitcom, he had a drunken lunch came into her office wrote the word “coupling” on a piece of paper and left saying “remind me about this later”, it went on to have four series.
xGjD TIL the longest pregnancy on record lasted over a year and produced a perfectly healthy baby girl.
eWdJ TIL that the Messerschmitt Bf-109, the workhorse fighter of the German Luftwaffe during WWII, first flew with a British Rolls-Royce engine, because the German engine was not ready in time for the prototype.
1Gv8 TIL The definition for ‘literally’ now includes 'in effect; in substance; very nearly; virtually,’ which literally changes the definition of literally. The phrase 'He was literally drowning in his own tears’ is grammatically correct, even if the person isn’t, in reality, drowning in their own tears.
NnnJ TIL Oslo, Norway has the best subway coverage in Europe, with 80 percent of all commuting done by public transportation