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TIL There are over 190 million less women in the world because of sex-selective abortion and female infanticide

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W70lN TIL Brushing your teeth after vomiting is terrible for you as the stomach acid destroys the enamel.
XEgmE TIL Aetheraed's epithet (The Unready) does not derive from the modern word , but rather from the Old English unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, which means "well advised".
DQOWJ TIL all roles in the "Alien" movie script were written as "unisex", with genders to be determined during casting; Ripley was initially considered to be a man
R7ED7 TIL that from 1943-45, British military pilots were issued "escape boots". If they had to bail out over enemy territory, a concealed knife in one boot cоuld bе used to cut away the upper section, and convert them into "ordinary" shoes, which would help the airman pass himself off as a civilian
woEQY TIL that Paul Bearer the manager of WWE wrestler The Undertaker, had an actual degree in mortuary science.