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TIL that the phrase "Friends of Bill W" is a dogwhistle meaning members of Alcoholics Anonymous, after the organization's co-founder Bill Wilson.

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4Xd9N TIL almost all medicines are not vegan, especially birthcontrol. From shellac to lactose to lanolin to bone meal, almost all over the counter and prescription medicines contain some form of animal byproduct as binding or delivery agents.
rGwy TIL that Despite never having received naval training or participating in naval combat prior to the war, and constantly being outnumbered and outsupplied, Admiral Yi Sun Shin defeated 333 Japanese ships with only 13 Korean ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
j6XXa TIL about the Morning Glory cloud, a rare meteorological phenomenon. It is a cloud that can be up to 1000 km (620 mi) long and 1-2 km (0.62-1.24 mi) high. The Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia is the only known location where it can be predicted and observed regularly
oro TIL of a seeing-eye goose that leads around a blind dog.
ADBLB TIL my dad once removed a wall from his flat without his landlord noticing. He carried the bricks downstairs one by one and threw them onto a construction site next to his flat.