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TIL Taser is an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift’s electric rifle”

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8dP TIL a school in Mississippi put together a fake prom only to invite the gay and disabled students, while the rest of the school went to prom at a secret location. (#6)
YpJ8Z TIL Albuterol, one of the oldest asthma medicines, typically costs $50 to $100 per inhaler in the United States, but it was less than $15 a decade ago, before it was repatented
ZRWD TIL: The USA overthrew the democratically elected leader of Iran and installed a dictator.
oByd8 TIL about Castrator barnacles, a species that feminizes male crabs after parasitically taking control of their reproductive physiology. This causes the male crab to grow ovaries, develop female behaviors, and care for the barnacle's egg sack as its own.
4Yga TIL spiders can’t chew or swallow, so they inject poison into their prey which turns the insides of insect to a watery goop and spider just suck it up.