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TIL: The actual phrase is "Houston, we've had a problem"
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TIL that in the Dani tribe of Papua, Indonesia, there's a unique tradition involving women. When a family member passes away, the women may cut off a segment of one of their fingers to express their grief and symbolize the pain of their loss. This ritual is intended to appease the spirits.
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TIL In 1917, the U.S. War Industries Board asked women to stop buying corsets to free up metal for war production. This was said to have saved some 28,000 tons of metal, enough to build two battleships.
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TIL Abraham Lincoln and four other Illinois legislators jumped out of a window to prevent a quorum on a vote that would have eliminated the Illinois State Bank in 1840. It was reported that this wasn't his first time doing this to prevent a vote.
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TIL That Target had to issue an apology to its customers following outrage about the fact that a popular dress was offered in a color “Dark heather gray” for normal sizes, but the same color was titled “Manatee gray” for plus-sized dresses.
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TIL the song “99 Bottle Of Beer” ends with “No more bottles of beer on the wall, no more bottles of beer. You go to the store and buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall”