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TIL that "floss" is actually an acronym standing for "Frictional Ligation Of Subgingival Spaces"

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46MN TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed to Lady Bird Taylor on their first date. They were married 3 months later.
JYV4 TIL a 3-bedroom house in Flint, Michigan can be bought for $420
VBjB0 TIL in ‘22 Jim Carrey considered retiring from acting, and producers confirmed they wouldn’t recast Robotnik if he did. But they hoped to entice him with a great script. Carrey requested it be written in gold. In ‘24 Carrey confirmed his return for Sonic 3. Fowler joked the 24k ink script cost $100k
9YKX6 TIL 165 victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima sought refuge in Nagasaki where they were bombed again 3 days later.
aWYo TIL of “White Death”, a Finnish sniper in WW2, who holds the record for the most confirmed kills (505) in any major war. When asked what he felt when killing an enemy soldier, he responded, “The recoil.”