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TIL that when you look up at the blue sky and see white dots flying around, you’re actually seeing your own white blood cells.

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NXAWE TIL Nine of the ten of the cities with the highest homicide rate per capita are in Mexico
WDP9 TIL that while recording Sex Pistols song Pretty Vacant in 1977, John Lydon emphasized “vacant”’s second syllable - so he could sneak the word ‘ct’ onto TV/radio. 35 years later the song was played in London’s 2012 Olympics opening ceremony – so Britain sneakily said 'ct’ to the entire world.
QGjL TIL Oxford University is older than the Aztecs. Oxford: 1249. Founding of Tenochtitlán: 1325.
nLW TIL Michael Caine’s real name is Maurice Micklewhite.
pLB8 TIL that the creator of mothers day spent the rest of her life trying to end it’s celebration and died without children in 1948