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TIL the old Scottish word for “clitoris” is “tickleygiblet”

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Brp0k TIL Chevrolet's use of Bob Seger's "Like a Rock" to sell trucks was planned to last 3 to 6 months. It proved so powerful the campaign ran for 13 years.
ep5Qk TIL about Operation Sea-Spray, a secret biological warfare experiment in which the U.S. Navy released two types of bacteria over the San Francisco Bay area in September 1950. The government did not disclose the experiment's existence until 1977.
yK9v TIL The average life span of a great nation is 250 years and the similarities between them are amazingly similar despite geographical and technological differences and this pattern has been consistent for over 3,000 years
4X7Pb TIL that the "first blow" of the Seven Years War was triggered by a 21 year old Colonel and his ambush squad that attempted (and failed) to drive out French forces from the Ohio Valley. The newly appointed officer was none other than future president George Washington.
vgX8 TIL that babies are believed to naturally follow the philosophy of solipsism, where the only certain fact is the existence of one’s own mind. Eventually, babies realize that other people have experiences like them and reject solipsism.