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TIL that the word "snafu" is actually an acronym that originated among soldiers during WW2. It is meant to be sarcastic, and stands for "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up."

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gjVL TIL in 2012, over 1 million residents in the Zimbabwe city of Bulawayo were asked to flush their toilets exactly at 7:30 PM on a Saturday to unblock and clear out the sewer system of the city.
xVZmb TIL Hawaii still has an active leper colony
xVZyg TIL That Mazdak, Was a Zoroastrian Priest and "Proto-Socialist" (Died in 524 or 528) Who Advocated For Social Reforms Including Pacifism, Anti-Clericalism and Aid For the Poor, and Wanted to Redistribute Excess Wealth.
lp6A TIL ‘patient zero’ of last year’s West African ebola outbreak was a Guinean child who played with bats residing in a hollow cola tree. It is unknown whether the bats were the ultimate source of the infection since either by coincidence or as a result of that public warning, the tree was burnt down.
j6wnN Today I learned birds are also reptiles