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TIL WWII soldiers and their sweethearts would sometimes use acronyms written the on the back of the envelope to convey messages to each other. Some examples include I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust And Love You), C.H.I.P. (Come Home I’m Pregnant), and E.G.Y.P.T. (Eagerly Groping Your Pretty Tits).

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mx4oM TIL in the 1920s, a strange disease known as encephalitis lethargica spread throughout the world, effecting 5 million people. It killed 1 million, and many of the survivors were left unable to move or speak, but were conscious and aware. No cure was ever found, and it disappeared by 1926.
dLxB TIL Slaughterhouse workers are more likely to be violent, and it is believed this is because they have become desensitized to suffering
5wp TIL there was a bridge in southern Hungary that was found to still be rigged with dynamite from World War II…in October of 1999.
pY4nO TIL the most expensive work of music ever sold was by the Wu-Tang Clan
0wAdL TIL A hitchhiking robot that relied on the kindness of strangers to travel the world was found with its head and arms ripped off, just two weeks into its first American tour.