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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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yVBAw TIL that in 1990, after miraculously surviving a plane crash, two men received 6+ years in jail when ER doctors found baggies of cocaine inside their bodies.
mx6RO TIL in 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard hit 2 golf balls on the moon - he hit the first one into a crater, and claimed to have smashed the second one "miles and miles and miles". However, recent research has shown that the first ball travelled 24 yards (22 m), and the second ball only 40 yards (37 m)
9V9Q TIL actor/martial artist Joe Son, who played “Random Task” in Austin Powers, was sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for the gang rape/torture of a woman in 1990 due to being arrested in 2008 for vandalism and submitting a DNA sample.
woKpM TIL Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby was drafted into the U.S. Army during WWII, landing at Omaha Beach in Normandy. When a lieutenant found out he was a comics artist, he made Kirby a scout who would advance into towns and draw reconnaissance maps and pictures, an extremely dangerous duty.
wLoQJ TIL in the original story of Aladdin, it is implied that Aladdin is actually Chinese