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TIL World Taekwondo Federation changed their name in 2017 to void acronym WTF

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P0MV TIL that when choir members sing, their heartbeats are in synch, due to the fact they breathe at the same times.
8araG TIL that alcohol content is referred to as "proof" because it was originally lit on fire to prove its alcohol content so it could be taxed at a higher rate for the government.
brwN TIL during the filming of ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’, production designer Ken Adam called up his old boss Stanley Kubrick for advice on how to light the inside of an enormous tanker ship, the villain’s secret lair. Kubrick snuck in on a Sunday morning for four hours to set the lighting up himself.
GAZeQ TIL about Desmond Doss, an American combat medic in WW2 who single-handedly rescued an estimate of 75 men in Okinawa in one battle, one at a time, without carrying a single weapon. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery, and was the first conscientious objector to be given it.
v1xXD TIL the expression 'to lick into shape' originated in the ancient belief that bear cubs are born as formless lumps and need to be licked into their proper shape by their mothers