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TIL that the term 'winging it' was originally a theatrical slang term for actors who didn't know their lines, and reviewed scripts in between scenes or received prompts from off stage in the 'wings'.

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w9wM TIL The Sun, a British tabloid that published cruel lies about the Liverpool fans in its coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster in which 96 Liverpool fans died, is still banned from many Liverpool newsagencies, is not allowed at Liverpool matches and has very low sales in Liverpool to this day.
kJopE TIL of Longtermism, an ethical stance which values future people just as much as people alive today, from a longtermist perspective, killing billions of humans today would be perfectly moral if it ensured the survival of trillions of humans a million years from now.
m1aXy TIL, Internet Protocol had been successfully implemented in Birds (IP Over Avian Carriers, RFC 1149) with 9 packets of data, 55% packet loss ratio, and 3000000-6000000ms response time (to put into perspective, typical fiber latency is 12-15ms, at least a 20000000% increase).
Z89JG TIL in the early days of film and television filmmakers thought nothing about painting a white stuntman with black makeup to double for a black actor. Until Bill Cosby refused to let a white man with black face double for him. His actions paved way for the Black Stuntmen's Association.
9Lwp TIL that a man claimed the only unclaimed habitable area left on earth, Bir Tawil, so that his daughter could be a real princess.