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TIL seconds is short form for second minutes as it is the second division of an hour by sixty

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Ad6d TIL that until the 70’s, Evangelicals were generally pro-choice, believing that the Bible defined life as starting at birth.
oV1r TIL Neither Stalin nor Hitler have the title of worst genocide ever. Mao Zedong, of China, killed an estimated 63 million
Bgrbk TIL In the past people used to feed opium to calm down crying babies.
7r6wP TIL A lactose intolerant man successfully biohacked himself using a virus to change his DNA and make his intestine produce a lactase
ay6Z TIL influential sci-fi writer William Gibson once wrote a 4500-word article on Singapore titled ‘Disneyland with the Death Penalty’ for Wired. The magazine was banned in the city-state after the issue’s release.