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TIL that men's & women's buttoned shirts have buttons on opposite sides.

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oRePr TIL that spiny rats can break off their tails when attacked.
wonNJ TIL of the practice of leblouh, where young girls in Mauritania are force fed up to 16,000 calories a day in order to fatten them up for marriage.
BBmd TIL Wyatt Earp may have descended fom Americas first serial killers, the Harpe Brothers. Who murdered up to 40 people and even bashed an infant against a tree for crying. One was beheaded, his head left on a spike. That area is still known in Kentucky as “Harpe’s Head’
8aVwG TIL in 1938 nazi Germany began an expedition to challenge Norwegian claims in Antarctica, primarily for control of whale oil; a hotly desired commodity for the production of margarine. The story has since developed into a conspiracy theory about secret nazi ice bases supported by alien technology
dbYZ TIL “Roger Wilco” means “Received, Will Comply”