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TIL “percussive maintenance” is the technical term for hitting something until it works.

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QXmL TIL Nestlé aggressively distributes free formula samples in developing countries until the supplementation has interfered with the mother’s lactation. After that the family must continue to buy the formula since the mother is no longer able to produce milk on her own.
oBVDr TIL about Polyphonic Singing (ie, singing two or more different notes at the same time)
OLr7 TIL that George Tiller, a pro-choice doctor who was assassinated in 2009, was discussed on 28 episodes of Bill O'Reilly’s show and was nicknamed Tiller the Baby Killer by O'Reilly.
e0jMg TIL the Italian police didn't capture a single mafia swearing-in ceremony until 2014.
P1Pgn TIL: Ahmed Gabr, an Egyptian retired special forces army officer holds two Guiness World records for The deepest sea water dive and the deepest scuba dive (male) at 332.36m or 1090.4ft in the Red Sea in 2014.