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TIL that the word boner also means 'careless mistake' and was used mainly with that meaning in the past

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yVbMv TIL Medicine caps have protective caps due to a person in Chicago lacing Tylenol containers with Cyanide. The killer was never found.
v7W8 TIL a Top Fuel dragster accelerates so quickly that its already passed 60 mph by the time the rear tires have crossed the start line (25 feet).
XxMr TIL an Australian TV presenter wore the same suit on his show for an entire year to bring attention to the different standards his female counterparts are held to. Nobody noticed the whole time.
ALP4 TIL women care more about a man’s shoulder to hip ratio than they do about penis size.
ANb7a TIL that in the Queens of the Stone Age song “the lost art of keeping a secret” the main chorus is “whatever you do, don’t tell anyone” and is not “whatever you do, I’m telling your mom”