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TIL that 'Magikkun', which means “mask fraud”, is a word that South Koreans use to describe people who hide their facial features by wearing masks on dating apps.

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kObW5 TIL that the first known reference to mutual simultaneous oragenitalism as "69" is in the 1790s French book Whore's Catechisms, attributed to Mlle. Théroigne de Méricourt (one the early leaders of the French Revolution), where it is named "soixante-neuf"
Braek TIL that the EPA was founded as a response to an overly polluted river catching fire in 1969
JLD8 TIL two species of geckos mated and they birthed a super-athlete female gecko that wouldn’t have sex with the other geckos. Instead she spawned new versions herself who spawned themselves, and now there’s a vigorous, speedy, mutant race of mother geckos cloning daughter geckos.
EgyeP TIL about Hilda Yolanda Mayol, a woman who survived the 9/11 attacks. 2 months later she boarded AA Flight 587 out of JFK, 5 minutes after take off the plane would crash and all 260 occupants perished - the 2nd deadliest aviation incident in US History.
XE8pQ TIL that after a world-famous career as a child star, Shirley Temple became a renowned diplomat for the administrations of President Gerald Ford and the President George H. W. Bush