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TIL that the first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m., because that’s when its inventor had to wake up for work.

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opLY TIL that Medal of Honor recipients receive a standing invitation to all future presidential inaugurations and inaugural balls. Also, their children are eligible for admission to the United States military academies without regard to the nomination and quota requirements, provided they are qualified.
0aVA TIL that Switzerland is unique in having enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population, should they ever be needed.
0jlj TIL a girl cost her father an $80,000 lawsuit settlement after breaking the confidentiality agreement by posting on Facebook “Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT”.
WVMo TIL that the English word ‘assassin’ comes from the Arabic 'hashashin,’ or “hashish-eater,” the name of an 11th century Muslim sect that would intoxicate themselves with hashish before killing a person of public standing
n5kY TIL that it’s common to mention illnesses when offending someone in Dutch. Some translated examples include: “Get the cancer”, “Cancer mongoloid” and “Typhoid off”.