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TIL: After Hurricane Katrina, the number of babies named Katrina dropped sharply. After 10 years the name Katrina was 83 percent less common

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DQ5Le TIL of Special Force, a 2003 Lebanese video game developed by Hezbollah, which recreates battles from the South Lebanon conflict from Hezbollah's POV. After being released in countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Bahrain, and the UAE, 8,000 copies were sold in one week
pw9O TIL that there is a company that is working towards creating artificial gills for humans
GAVj TIL a woman sued Walmart for charging her $1.00 on a $0.98 item and was awarded $180.00, making it the most successful lawsuit with the award being 9000 times the disputed amount
86QG TIL CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”
DwZr TIL that a Dutch athlete was banned from competing (for life) after refusing a sex test in 1950. After her death in 2007, an autopsy discovered a Y chromosome in her DNA, suggesting she was a genetic mosaic…