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TIL “public relations” is an anagram of “crap built on lies”

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WVGd TIL that a “jiffy” is an actual period of time, 33.3564 picoseconds. The amount of time it takes light to travel a centimeter.
yVd5X TIL grade schools in Japan don't have janitors, and the students clean the school
b9mka TIL that Duct Tape was originally called Duck Tape. In WWII, Johnson & Johnson created a waterproof rubber adhesive tape applied to a durable duck cloth backing for use as waterproof sealing tape on ammunition cases: "Duck Tape". Later it was used to seal air ducts in forced-air heating HVAC systems
w0vE TIL that dogs are more likely to steal food in the dark because they know that humans do not see as well when light is low.
Gj9J TIL The woman that started Mothers Day in the USA wished she had never started the Day because the commercialism behind it got so out of control