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TIL that there is a village in Pennsylvania named ‘Intercourse’.

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9w8wp TIL that rock singer Andrew W.K. has been recognized by the American Association Of Suicidology for his philosophy of partying - a philosophy that promotes happy living and the search of joy through partying.
d4Kd TIL that the plane Lyrnyd Skynyrd went down in was earlier rejected by Aerosmiths flight crew because they felt neither the plane nor the crew were up to standards.
awj9 TIL there was a nuclear fission reactor on Earth about 1.7 billion years ago that lasted a few hundred thousand years near central Africa.
pKmZ TIL in the early 1900s Wagner von Jauregg treated syphilis patients with malaria (winning the Nobel Prize). The patients developed malaria, causing a severe fever and killed the syphilis bacteria. Then given the malaria drug quinine and cured. This was used until the development of penicillin
5Ydo9 TIL Gwen Stefani wrote "Hollaback Girl" in response to Courtney Love calling her a cheerleader in an interview