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TIL 14% of women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day

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GYeBE Today I learned about JIS-spec screws, which look an awful lot like Phillips-head screws, but the tools are not always interchangeable and can cause mechanics tremendous frustration.
5VKgB TIL insulting someone is illegal in some countries
neOlG TIL of Motts Tonelli, a Notre Dame fullback who ran in the winning TD against USC in 1937. 5 years later in 1942 he had his class ring confiscated during the Bataan Death March. A Japanese officer returned his ring, telling Tonelli that he was US-educated and recognized him from his time at USC.
VBJL4 TIL that in 2002, under Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraq reputedly held an election. Official Iraqi statistics said all 11.4 million registered voters voted to re-elect Saddam, with 0 voting for other candidates and 0 abstaining.
5Yl48 TIL of Leon Ray Livingston—a famous hobo and author who traveled under the name “A-No. 1.” He perfected the hobo symbols system, which let other hobos know where safe places were, always dressed immaculately, and retired after the lifestyle “bought him to the brink of psychological collapse.”