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TIL the USA launched, and failed, an expedition against Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa

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BrJDx TIL The Turboencabulator is a fictional technobabble device and an in-joke among engineers. The idea was invented in 1944 and featured in Time Magazine in 1946, confusing many readers. Companies such as GE and Chrysler have released joke data sheets and training videos for the device.
b9NeE TIL that there are more living organisms in one teaspoon of soil than there are humans on earth. Happy World Soil Day!
8akP TIL that in rare cases, popping a pimple in the so-called “danger triangle” can lead to facial paralysis, brain infections/meningitis, and even death.
V1Pp TIL that Tiger Woods’ affairs led to an estimated shareholder loss of $5-12 billion due to dropped sponsorship deals.
pYW7N TIL of Dykes to Watch Out For (sometimes DTWOF), a weekly comic strip by Alison Bechdel. The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing representations of lesbians in popular culture and has been called "an iimportant read to new generations of lesbians."