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TIL the brand name Rolex doesn't mean anything, but rather is a completely made-up word that the founder thought is easily pronounced in any language.

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8eRYb TIL In 1978, President Carter oversaw the installation of the first computers in the White House: a Hewlett-Packard HP 3000, water-cooled IBM laser printer, and Xerox Alto desktop computer for the Oval Office. Reagan later removed the Xerox Alto in 1981
X0XbE TIL Called "the benevolent" due to his well intentioned nature, Ferdinand I of Austria, son of the last holy roman emperor, had to step down due to suffering as many as 20 epileptic seizures per day. When he tried to have sex, he had 5 seizures
VBm00 TIL - Caffeine is on the NCAA Banned Substance List
0w8xA TIL: According to the Huichol tradition, when a woman had her first child the husband squatted in the rafters of the house, or in the branches of a tree, directly above her, with ropes attached to his scrotum. As she went into labor pain, the wife pulled vigorously on the ropes.
W771N TIL that for more than 50 years, Chicago Public Schools required that Male Students be nude while attending Swimming Classes. Female students were allowed to wear swimsuits.