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TIL Poland syndrome is the name of a breast deformation, and not the practice of attacking countries while claiming to "shoot back"

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W71GB TIL when Buddy Holly’s wife suffered a miscarriage after seeing the first reports of his death on television, news agencies implemented a policy against announcing victims' names until after families are informed.
nnm7 TIL that in the US it takes up to 5 business days to transfer money due to an outdated COBOL programming language but in the UK, transfers take merely seconds.
kOPp7 TIL most Japanese schools do not employ janitors. The Japanese education system believes that requiring students to clean the school themselves teaches respect, responsibility, and equality
69YJJ TIL about the "Dilberito," a vegetarian wrap concocted by Dilbert creator Scott Adams to tie into his comic strip. The product was a colossal failure, with Adams, himself, saying, "one bite made you fart so hard, your intestines formed a tail."
OovX TIL that if someone who knows they have HIV/AIDS has sex with someone and doesn’t tell them about their disease, they could be charged with attempted murder.