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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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6El47 Today I learned, Lisa Alexander, from the “Karen” video, not only founded Laface cosmetics,but is also a former runway model and founded Mo Bettah pickle company, LC Alexander clothing and two children’s clothing lines.
6oGJ TIL Schools that offer students more choice—more elective courses, more ways to complete requirements, a bigger range of potential friends, more freedom to select seats in a classroom—are more likely to be rank-ordered, cliquish, and segregated by race, age, gender and social status.
D1Owj TIL the name of the African country of Malawi translates literally to "Land of Flames," because iron working was the dominant economic practice of the pre-colonial kingdom that controlled the area. The sheer density of kilns were said to light up the countryside at night.
VB69p TIL cells contain a protein machine, called the proteasome, which takes misfolded proteins that can't be refolded and breaks them into smaller subunits. It is part of a system called the ubiquitin–proteasome, where ubiquitins detects the misfolded proteins and sends them to the proteasome.
6EPxm TIL The letter sent by the FBI to the band NWA, made famous in the film Straight Outta Compton is now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The letter said the song Fuck Tha Police promoted “violence against and disrespect for the law-enforcement officer,"