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TIL broom bristles with deliberately frayed tips to better sweep fine dust are known as "flagged"

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91KG TIL of the 442nd Infantry, a regiment in the US Army made up of soldiers of Japanese decent, many of whom were recruited from internment camps. It was the most decorated unit in WW2 for its size and length of service.
BggML TIL A Spaceplane is in development set to launch in 2023
LkvOm TIL that in New Mexico 1 in 6 homes are mobile homes, the most of any state.
ERpp TIL Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh who is worth around $840 million lives in a trailer in Las Vegas with a pet Alpaca
GYAw5 TIL: The NHS in the UK had only one man registered as a rectal teaching assistant, offering his anus to be examined by trainee doctors. TIAL: He has lost his job to a robot anus.