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TIL in Chinese and Japanese, diabetes translates literally to “sugar pee sickness”.

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4PGg TIL that a British prisoner of war named Edwin Rose missed the liberation of his camp because he fell asleep on the toilet and slept through the battle. He woke to find everyone else gone, so he shaved, put on his best clothes and walked out to freedom.
P1ljE TIL South Korea once had a website mapping the number of women of childbearing age (15-49) by city and district.
OGaJY TIL that Alexander Fleming was Knighted and awarded the Nobel Prize for essentially blowing his nose and then several years later letting something go moldy
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6XDw TIL Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates sacrificed his life for his crew by walking to his death in −40 °F. His last words were “I am just going outside and may be some time.”