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TIL of Hurricane Bawbag. It was a storm that hit Scotland in 2011 and was named after the Scottish word for scrotum.

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XE9r6 TIL Great White sharks are warm-blooded
7rjyP TIL after Einstein died in 1955, preserved slices of his brain were smuggled to the University of Kansas -- where as part of a hazing ritual, students would suck on bits from Einstein's brain while downing shots of cheap tequila.
WOmB TIL before World War II it was very rare for white couples to adopt a child of a different race, especially African American babies. Operation “Brown Baby” was started by the Boys and Girls Aid Society and tried placing children in homes irrespective of racial homogeneity.
KYbnw TIL that astronaut Neil Armstrong had to fill out a customs form upon returning to Earth. The form listed his occupation as an astronaut and his destination as the moon.
wL0x6 TIL: It would take more than two years to watch all episodes of the guiding light.