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TIL: Rectal Tonsils

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YpXNP TIL "claptrap" is literal: it means low-quality writing meant to goad a play's audience into cheap applause
b9NOp 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
OoK6X 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.
a8rwZ TIL about the Supersonic Oblique Wing design
8e0BV TIL that YouTube does not run ads in Albania