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TIL sushi doesn’t mean raw fish, but vinegared rice

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nX0G TIL it is rarely necessary to wait 24 hours before filing a missing person’s report; law enforcement agencies in the US stress the importance of a prompt investigation. The UK government web site says explicitly in large type “You don’t have to wait 24 hours before contacting the police”
7rmGO TIL that Cornell University's home economics programs provided students in the program with "practice babies" from orphanages. The babies were all given the last name "Domecon," shortened from the "Domestic Economy" program.
ADaB TIL The Count made Liam Neeson count to 20
rRwb1 TIL about Continuum, an AIDS denialism magazine that shut down because all its editors died from AIDS.
J1Xak TIL that until 1970, Royal Navy sailors were given daily rum rations - a tradition dating back to the 17th century to make life at sea bearable. On the final day before it was abolished, many unhappy sailors held mock funeral processions, drank their final rations and threw the rest overboard.