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TIL “tab” on a keyboard is short for “tabulate/tabulator”, (consisting of or presenting in columns or tables).

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OoK9g TIL about how the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication. Advent of the tamper proof seal we see and know today. The murders still remain unsolved to this day
5Gv9 TIL a Kyle Brennan died from a gunshot wound while visiting his Scientologist father. It was declared suicide, however Kyle’s fingerprints were not on the weapon, the bullet was missing, his laptop data was deleted, no suicide note was left and his father called David Miscavige’s sister before 911.
gONA TIL that Brian May, the guitarist of Queen, built an electric guitar from scratch with his father when he was 16 years old, and called it the Red Special. He used that same guitar for his entire career, and it is his most prized possession.
6EON7 TIL: People who get the chills (music gives you goosebumps) might have a special brain (enhanced ability to experience intense emotions)
d8kpB TIL that Einstein hated wearing socks. In a letter to his wife he said that the reason he stopped wearing them was because his big toe always ended up making a hole in them.