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TIL Obelus is the proper term for a division sign.

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xVOJ5 TIL that the actress that played Talisa Maegyr in Game of Thrones is the granddaughter of famous English actor Charlie Chaplin.
4kydN TIL a literature review on auto-C sections found 22 cases (ranging from 1785-2012), 19 of which had sufficient information & were included in the study. They were divided into three categories: as a means of feticide (7), mentally ill women (4) & as an act of desperation to end prolonged labor (8).
WkPKN TIL that in 2011, the IIHS crash tested two 1973 Chevy Impalas with airbags and the airbags performed flawlessly despite their age and early technology.
mAdM TIL of Bo Gritz, a former U.S. army green beret who ran for President in the 90s, helped resolve the Ruby Ridge incident and was partially the inspiration for Hannibal from the A-Team
dNgK TIL the producers of The Simpsons considered aborting the series if the second episode’s animation turned out as bad as the first, which was so appalling that after seeing it for the first time, they had to redo 70% of before it could go to air.