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TIL that Google made the term “Hiybbprqag” to prove that Bing was copying search results after becoming suspicious thus, tripping up Microsoft.

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VL68 TIL Women’s flapper fashion of the 1920’s valued small breasts and a thin boyish figure. Bras to flatten the chest were wildly popular
6E0j7 TIL that the bubonic plague still circulates in New Mexico among prairie dogs, and that dogs can catch infected fleas and spread it to humans
yVQ9a TIL Mac Owners are 40 percent more likely to stay at a four- or five-star hotel compared to Windows users and Mac users are willing to spend as much as 30 percent more per night for hotel rooms than those who use PCs.
X0Ap6 TIL Jimmy Carter and his administration despite many attempts failed to locate a downed twinengine plane over Africa. The CIA contacted a woman in California who claimed to have supernatural capabilities. She went in a trance and wrote down latitudes and longitudes that located the plane.
7GDO TIL Sperm were first observed in 1677, and were described as “Animalcules”, each containing a miniature yet fully formed human. This came into question when it was pointed out that meant each sperm itself carried sperm.