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TIL that poisonous snakes actually exist.

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ep78E TIL the name Pakistan is an acronym - Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan.
jxpv TIL that there is an annual literature contest that challenges writers to come up with the worst possible opening sentence to a novel.
X04BX TIL majority of research results do not find statistically significant shift in sexual offense trend with sex offender registration and notification. In fact those who didn't register after incarceration re offended less as they were able to rehabilitate easier back into society.
awRN0 TIL the origin of the term “Love” as 0 in tennis is heavily disputed. The most common belief is that it originated from the french word for egg (L’oeuf) as the shape of the zero represented an egg
vrmR TIL King George V was euthanized so that his death could be announced in the morning The Times newspaper rather than “less appropriate” evening tabloids