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TIL that "being on the down-low" was originally a term used by the African-American community to refer to men that identified as heterosexual but secretly had sex with men.

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5Zkp TIL flim critic Roger Ebert was quoted saying “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys of this film.“
xVdeo Today I learned that my parents sued Barbara Streisand and settled for her maids role in hitting my uncle with her car, putting him in a coma and having him die several years later.
a8vab TIL Rockall is an uninhabited islet in the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone (EEC). In 1997 the British recognized Rockall wasn't an island and gave up all EEC claims it could have made, Rockall is the only case of a state voluntarily downgrading an insular feature to "a rock".
QJBYL TIL that 75% of the world’s diet is produced from just 12 plant and five different animal species
dVmQ TIL That 5,382 British Royal Marines held off 13,749 French and Spanish troops for 7 months after being told they would be relieved.