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TIL IKEA is an acronym, a charity, and depicted the first gay couple in an ad (and more).

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kOKRg TIL twins are becoming more common than ever. Around 1915, 1 in every 50 babies born was a twin, a rate of 2%. The rate increased to 3.3% by 2010 (1 in every 30 babies born is a twin). Scientists believe that older woman tend to have more twins and couples tend to start families later nowadays.
9YVrM TIL about Winston County, Alabama, which during the American Civil War attempted to cede from the Confederacy and become a free republic, as the lack of any plantations and resulting rarity of slaveholders in the region gave the locals little reason to sympathize with the rebel cause
ne6b7 Today I learned Disney World in Orlando has a Mosquito Surveillance Program.
BrYrb TIL that women are naturally more affected by alcohol than men because they don't produce an enzyme in their stomachs that starts metabolization early like men do.
XEa4Q TIL that the outro music for the TV series Bottom was actually a hit from 1961 for The Mar Keys called Last Night.