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TIL that the zipper on many jeans will lock in place if you fold the tab down and press it against the teeth.

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16JNO TIL that "Excited Delirium" was coined by a coroner who claimed nineteen women, all Black prostitutes, died of the condition due to "sexual excitement," but were in fact killed by a serial killer.
Ambw TIL India was attacked on 7/11. Bombs were set off on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, 209 people were killed and over 700 were injured.
Q0K6 TIL the US is seeking a new law requiring foreign institutions to report all assets owned by Americans which has lead to more people renouncing their citizenship in the last quarter of 2013 than the entire years of 2006-2009 combined.
b9R0p TIL - Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA was one of the backing vocalists singing the words "Moviestar, oh Moviestar, oh-oh-oh" on Harpo's hitsingle Moviestar from 1975
p8D0b TIL Some places in the USA still receive mail deliveries via mules