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TIL that CNN prepared a doomsday end of the world video to be broadcast by the last surviving employee. It was leaked by a former intern in 2009.

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eWAg TIL the long extinct Dodo derives its name from Dutch exlporers, which loosely translates to ‘Fat Ass’.
5nLn TIL that beer and vaginas have almost the same acidity levels with an average pH of 4.
bKn7 TIL that British colonials in India used gin to cover the bitter taste of anti-malarial quinine tonic, thus creating the Gin & Tonic.
QM4a TIL that there is a town in Wyoming which used to be an airport. The former runways and taxiways now serve as the town’s streets. (A picture and a Google Maps link in comments.)
vlkx TIL in the ‘80s, Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth took out a $1 million paternity insurance policy. This protected him against any claims from overzealous fans that he had fathered their child.