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TIL that the term "spam," used to describe unsolicited bulk email, comes from a Monty Python sketch

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N7MEP TIL The slogan "Make your wet dreams come true" was used by 1928 presidential candidate Al Smith in reference to repealing prohibition.
9Y997 TIL that in the 1940s-60s, Melbourne's Sun Theatre cinema had a pram room, where babies in their prams were placed and given a number. If a baby started crying, its number was flashed on the screen to alert the parents
GRAN TIL That in the Cold War the British developed a Nuclear land-mine that, in order to operate, required several live chickens.
8aaPZ TIL that if you spent one day on each of the islands in the Phillippines, it would take you almost 21 years to visit them all.
gmeb TIL That some people with schizophrenia have a type of disordered speech that makes them sound like Dr Seuss. It’s called ‘Clanging’