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TIL The Library of Congress is archiving every public tweet ever posted

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o76W TIL Japan has a serious problem with young men becoming extreme shut-ins called hikikomori who will sometimes go years at a time without leaving their rooms.
vEex TIL the amount of bacteria/other filth on a pair of jeans doesn’t increase after about 2 weeks of wear, with the study having the test subject wear the jeans non-stop for 15 months, and still not developing an unhealthy amount of bacteria.
npBP TIL: the term vagina means “sword holder” in Latin.
neWDG TIL Zimbabwe abandoned it's currency in 2009 when conversion rate inflated to Z$ 35 quadrillion = US$1
LQeKp TIL Kurt Cobain was concerned about releasing Come as You Are as the second single off the album due to its similarities with Killing Joke's 1984 song Eighties but was eventually convinced due to the commercial potential.