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TIL the movie Secretary came out in 2002, well before 50 Shades of Grey, both are about a bdsm relationship and both feature a man named Mr. Grey

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wLYy6 TIL the city of Kyoto was originally the primary target of the atomic bombs in 1945, but was removed by the insistence of Secretary of War Henry Stimson, who went there on a honeymoon and admired the city deeply.
bQL7 TIL of Li-Fi, a potential replacement for Wi-Fi that has reached transmission speeds of up to 200 gigabits per second.
ADPol TIL although buttons are about 5,000 years old, functional buttons with buttonholes for fastening clothes only appeared in the 13th century. For millenia, they had only been used ornamentally, or as seals.
WkY4B TIL owls make almost no noise from flying, even when tested in a room with multiple microphones
LP7V TIL the sunburn and subsequent peeling is a process called apoptosis, where the skin cells are programmed to commit suicide in a precautionary measure to prevent any skin cells from becoming melanoma.