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TIL the mesh screens on the doors of microwaves are there to keep radiation inside.

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WkkdN TIL on October 24, 1975, 90% of Iceland’s female population went on strike, demanding equal rights. They did not work, do housework, or look after their kids for an entire day. In 1980, Iceland elected its first female president, who credits her win to this specific day.
LkaZP TIL homophily describes the tendency of people to associate with those who look like them and have similar backgrounds. It is also related to assortative mating, the pattern of people (and other species) mating with those who look like them.
LPl9 TIL that the plural of octopus is ‘octopuses’ or 'octopodes.’ The word 'octopi’ is actually incorrect.
oR99L TIL while composing his 1984 song "When Doves Cry", there was originally was a bass line in the song, but after a conversation with singer Jill Jones, Prince decided that the song was too conventional with it included and omitted the entire bass line.
j686a TIL a British woman was wrongly convicted of murdering her two sons (born 1996 and 1998) when they really died from SIDS. The little-understood disease caused a jury to believe she smothered them to death. After serving 4 years, she was released in 2003. She died in 2007 from alcohol abuse.