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TIL Fiat is an acronym for "Fabbrica Italiana Automobilli Torino"

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ep70k TIL HPV infection is not only related to cervical cancer, but is responsible for a great number of mouth and throat cancers as well due to oral sex
BJBb TIL Bertrand Russel said “in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt”. This is actually a bias called the Dunning–Kruger effect which says unskilled individuals feel an illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their analysis to be much better than it is.
KOm7Q TIL that the Taiwanese Parliament is notorious for having brawls during Legislative Sessions. I also just learned that this is called Legislative Violence and is not at all too uncommon when the Legislature are dealing with divisive issues and tight votes.
WQQ9 TIL there’s a debt collection agency that helps you get a job, fixes your heating, and helps you pay your debt in a non-tyrannical way. “The number one problem we hear from customers is that they don’t have enough money to pay their bills.”
0wnkN TIL the 1979 film Caligula, known for its explicit content, is the only feature film produced by the men's magazine Penthouse, hiring Penthouse Pets as extras in unsimulated sex scenes. A critical failure upon release, it is one of the few films critic Roger Ebert walked out of.