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TIL “TASER” is an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle”.

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p8O0e TIL that Norway has world's first all-female special forces unit
698kJ TIL of Lloyd's Bank Coprolite, the largest known fossilized human feces. It measures 20 centimeters (8 in) long and 5 centimeters (2 in) wide and is currently on display at the Jorvik Viking Centre
Oo414 TIL the UK has its very own coral reef - off the the coast of Cornwall is an 8000 year old cold water coral reef.
NXZv6 TIL that romance novels are the most popular literature genre. By 1991 46% of all US mass-market paperbacks were romance. Half of romance publisher Harlequin's customers purchased 30 novels a month. 25% of all Americans read a romance novel in 2008.
71wx TIL that after scientists discovered that deep-sea dragonfish had chlorophyll in their eyes, the US Pentagon began funding research for inexpensive night-vision eye drops.