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TIL You should never EVER dry fire a bow, especially a compound bow

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64Xm TIL that due to the fact that only 1 out of 50 subscribers to porn sites are women, some billing companies will automatically flag an account as fraud if a female name was used to register
Oopx4 TIL a popular tale about the origin of the americano coffee drink is that American GIs stationed in Italy during WWII found espressos too bitter and cappuccinos too heavy compared to dip-brewed coffee from back home, so Italian baristas topped the espresso with hot water to make it more palatable
yVWQp TIL Paramount, the L.A. Times, and an ad firm paid $75,000 to settle negligence claims for a Mission Impossible III promotion which placed digital devices in 4500 news racks. The promotion caused a bomb scare which led to a sheriff's arson squad blowing up one of the news racks in Santa Clarita.
neMG TIL When it smells like rain, you’re actually smelling the ground.
DLkr TIL the last Emperor of Ethiopia was deposed in 1975, almost 1000 years after the first Emperor was crowned.