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TIL; Liam is short for William.

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daZ7 TIL India is launching its mass electronic surveillance program in 2014. It will give 9 Indian govt. agencies—incl. the tax dept—the power to access, in real-time, phone conversations, text, emails, web search data & social media activity WITHOUT the approval of the courts or parliament.
KlQB TIL despite his notoriously foul mouth, Eminem doesn’t say the “n-word.” He hasn’t used the slur in a rap song since two decades ago (when he was nearly unknown).
NXAG6 TIL of the Iffland-Ring, a ring awarded to the most significant actor of the German-speaking theatre according to its previous owner, who pass on the ring by will. It was also considered cursed when, in 1954, Albert Bassermann's candidates all died shortly after being nominated as the recipient.
PYpwL TIL bone spurs are permanent deposits and do not heal and go away
y4ov TIL that people who stay up later are likely to be more intelligent, but have lower grades than morning people