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TIL of Williams Syndrome, a condition that makes you friendly

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geK9 TIL in the 1980’s, a one letter typo cost the Yellow Pages $10 million when they misprinted a travel agency’s advertisement for ‘exotic vacations" as “erotic vacations”
vP58 TIL during the 1700s in Germany, those wanting to commit suicide but avoid the sin of it found a loophole; they murdered children, turned themselves in, then prayed for forgiveness right before execution
GYwZJ TIL that "mile" derives from Latin "miles passus", meaning "thousand paces". In the same way, "kilo" derives from Greek and also means thousand. Thus, depending on which language you say "thousand" in, you are talking about either weight or distance.
KYGLa TIL during the 1916 Easter Rising 17 rebels held off 1,750 British reinforcements for 9 hours inflicting 216 casualties
xPvB TIL the first female American soldier was Deborah Sampson, who enlisted using her dead brother’s name to fight in the Revolutionary War where she was wounded; she cut a musket ball out of her own leg to avoid doctors finding out she was a woman.