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TIL that the UK equivalent of the DEFCON warning system was called BIKINI. The name was randomly selected by a computer and was only replaced in 2006.

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9wbWG TIL the actor who played the basketball coach in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Dave Florek) is the brother of the actor who played the basketball coach in Smart Guy (Dann Florek)
90rr TIL A Harvard study showed that 70% of domestic violence cases were women abusing men.
6E6DX TIL Seinfeld has had difficulty reaching global audiences. While it’s popular in Latin America, it hasn’t been widely accepted in Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands. Its humor, it seems, is just too complicated, too cultural and word-based, to make for easy translation.
PDve TIL there are certain sporting events which legally have to be broadcast on ‘free to air’ channels in the United Kingdom.
nWv8d TIL carpentry levels are also known as whiskey sticks. When the bubble level was first invented they used water, which would freeze in cold weather. People started using a mixture of whiskey and water as antifreeze in their levels.