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R7jD4 TIL in the midnight of Dec 29, 2011 Samoa loses a day and jumps forward in time to Dec. 31, 2011 without experiencing Dec 30 as they move westward of international dateline. The switch was made to improve ties with major trade partners in Australia and New Zealand.
OojVY TIL, a weed-eater is also called a whipper-snipper.
wLJOJ TIL 1/3 of the Filipino population have latent tuberculosis (TB) infection, and because of that inactivity, are not contagious.
jjWN TIL Shoichi Yokoi was among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of WW2 in 1945, discovered in the jungles of Guam in January 1972, almost 28 years after US forces had regained control of the island in 1944.
vG0D TIL that honey is a natural reservoir for the Botulism bacteria. Adult bodies can normally process it. This is why you shouldn’t give babies honey.