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TIL Holly Woodlawn became one of the first people to say the word 'cunt' in a film, Women in Revolt (1971).

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KYOd6 TIL if all the trenches built along the western front in WW1 were laid end-to-end they would total over 25,000 miles long; enough to encircle the earth at the equator (24,901 miles)
xQPb TIL in 2015, Google dropped their old motto “Don’t Be Evil”
6ep7 TIL that wasabi was originally served with sushi and dishes with raw fish because it aided in killing harmful bacteria and parasites that could be present in raw seafood.
X1Z6 TIL that Lamniformes, the mackerel sharks (Great Whites, Makos and many more) do not require sleep. Ever.
Jyjv TIL that the Geneva Convention requires POWs to have access to tobacco