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TIL the "Millennial Pause" is a phenomenon where generations older than Gen Zs tend to pause before speaking when a camera begins recording.

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WVXY TIL that the U.S. Marshals still have the common law-based power to enlist any willing civilians as deputies. Also known in the Old West as forming a posse.
ByZx TIL Weird Al Yankovic started a Volcano Worshippers Club in high school just to get an extra picture of himself in the yearbook.
QkNM TIL that since few Apollo astronauts were willing to admit they were a size “small”, the condom fittings for their space suits’ urine collection assemblies were sized “large”, “gigantic” and “humongous”.
KRGa TIL Cats were so revered in ancient Egypt that when a cat died, the household would go into mourning and would shave their eyebrows to signify their loss. However, when the temple of Bast was discovered in 1888, the mummified cats were ground up and sold as fertilizer.
QJxwp TIL in Australia and the UK, crossing guards or cross walk attendants are commonly known as "lollipop men" or "lollipop ladies", because of the modified circular stop sign he or she carries, which resembles a large lollipop.