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TIL: Rectal Tonsils
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TIL "claptrap" is literal: it means low-quality writing meant to goad a play's audience into cheap applause
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TIL that Ben Franklin was involved in the first fraternal hazing death in America. In 1737 a man died after flaming liquid was thrown on him in a mock initiation at the Philadelphia Masonic Temple. Franklin, a Freemason, was a witness, and the perpetrator was found guilty of manslaughter and branded
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TIL following difficulties with understanding regional accents and dialects, in 2010 a translator firm started actively looking for interpreters who know the Scouse and Geordie variations of English.
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TIL about the Supersonic Oblique Wing design
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TIL that YouTube does not run ads in Albania