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TIL that Subway's BMT sandwich stands for "Biggest, Meatiest, Tastiest"

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WkZQo TIL in Louisiana "Creole" isn't a racial identifier historically and denotes someone born in the new world as opposed to the home country no matter the race.
x6V1w TIL about archeological Tells. Neolithic human settlement sites that grew into large (some over 100 feet tall) hills due to the people there discarding remains into the ground below, building on top of discarded buildings, and the collection of sediment/materials from everyday living.
OoAp7 TIL 4 teens with vaginal aplasia (born with no vagina) received vagina implants grown in a lab using their own vulva tissue biopsies & pelvic scans. Later, all reported normal arousal, lubrication, intercourse, orgasm; 2 women were able to have the vagina connected to the uterus for reproduction.
VMNO4 TIL that in 1937, Colorado National Guard used flamethrowers and explosives against a plague of locusts
VxlB TIL King Henry VIII was once arrested and then imprisoned for assaulting a police constable with his walking stick. When the police constable was informed he had jailed the King of England, he feared execution; instead he was commended by Henry VIII for his dedication to duty.