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TIL a quine is a computer program that takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output.

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7n5L TIL that the roman emperor Claudius’s love life was considered unusual at the time, because he only liked women, not men.
8aL7G TIL: That upwards of 50% of all accidental deaths in the Tudor period were drownings
EgRkx TIL British Military scientists sent hundreds of Indian soldiers into gas chambers and exposed them to mustard gas
BrG1L TIL that there was a complete ban of gum from 1992 to 2004 in Singapore. Since 2004, they have allowed dental gum to be imported in, because the US asked for it in a trade deal. The ban was to the annoyance of chewing gum being everywhere .
VM6BD TIL Both "Hung" and "Hanged" are past tenses of the word "Hang". "Hanged" is ONLY used when referring to people subjected to death by rope around the neck. "Hung" is used for all other purposes that don't involve an intention to kill.