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TIL that Singapore has such a low birth rate, there is a government program set up to help people get laid

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VMV6p TIL of the horrific disease called phossy jaw. Like radium, phosphorous accumulates in the jaw, resulting in hideous disfigurement
Y7JDZ TIL in 1969 the Department of the Army released TM 31-210, which describes in detail the manufacturer of munitions from seemingly innocuous locally available materials.
5YOx8 TIL that there is a widespread belief—one with no historical or grammatical foundation—that it is an error to begin a sentence with a conjunction such as and, but or so. In fact, a substantial percentage (often as many as 10 percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with conjunctions.
7Gyb TIL A U.S. infantryman named Bill Millin stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day playing bagpipes. German snipers didn’t shoot him because they thought he was insane.
9Wb7 TIL President Theodore Roosevelt was hated by his party for his progressive policies. He was pressured into the Vice Presidency because it was seen as a “dead-end” where he couldn’t do any more harm.