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TIL Wi-Fi doesn’t stand for anything, it’s simply a made up trademark that’s fun to say

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oR9A TIL that a 15 year old girl with no vagina became pregnant after swallowing her boyfriend’s sperm. Her former boyfriend then stabbed her in the abdomen and the sperm travelled from her punctured stomach into her uterus, fertilising an egg.
BZ0K TIL that at the premiere of Beethoven’s 9th, police had to break up the applause, as the amount he was receiving was considered inappropriate for a private citizen
e0Gbk TIL The Department Of Homeland Security, the third largest cabinet department after the DoD and VA was created less than 20 years ago in response to 9/11.
J16Al TIL an average adult human sheds 20,000,000 dead skin cells every hour, and that the myth that most household dust is made of dead skin is actually true! (in some rooms at least)
ne6y9 TIL that the most decorated WWII soldier received every medal of valor by the age of 21. After returning home he then starred in over 40 Hollywood movies including films about himself.