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TIL that the word “set” has 464 definitions, making it the most ambiguous word in the English language

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mx6jv TIL the vocal effect used in the song Zombie by the Cranberries is known as 'keening'. This is a wailing sound used in Ireland to mourn the dead at funerals.
59Ek TIL that in Middle Age Britain, the church taught that for ‘Godly Congress’ both the man and the woman needed to produce sperm. The only way a woman could produce sperm was to orgasm. All 'ungodly’ sex was frowned upon, so most sex involved maximum effort to produce a strong female orgasm.
Y7ZW TIL that the stronger a man is physically, the more likely his political beliefs will be aligned with his own selfish interests as opposed to the common good.
gvLL TIL: A man was assaulted in a Mcdonalds in France for having a cybernetic implant (cyborg eye). Press claims it to be the first of many cybernetic hate crimes.
rKGx TIL A man ate nothing but potatoes for 60 days and thrived.