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TIL that a language dies every 14 days
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TIL "Hypochondria" simply means "Regions of the Abdomen," once thought to be the source of morbid feelings
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TIL that in the original opening sequence of The Simpsons, when Maggie is scanned in the check-out, the cash register briefly reads $847.63 which was the monthly cost of raising a baby in America in 1989.
D1BWr
TIL Before committing suicide with gas, composer Peter Warlock locked his cat outside so that it wouldn't die with him.
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TIL internet speed is measured in Megabits, not Megabytes. Bytes hold 8 bits, thus making an internet speed of 100megabits/s actually only 12.5 megabytes/s.
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TIL is I can't be wrongfully convicted from a DNA profile