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TIL that there are some parts of the world (including rural parts of India) that consider menstruation as a huge taboo. It is not openly discussed between females and some males even consider period as an illness. Sanitary pad is still a foreign object for them.

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a8A8J TIL the pilot episode of LOST was the most expensive pilot episode in TV history at the time. The network president who greenlit the pilot was fired for greenlighting such an expensive episode
69bBY TIL the seemingly random string of letters and numbers "ji32k7au4a83" is a common password to use with online accounts because it spells out ""my password" in Chinese when using the Zhuyin keyboard layout to type.
JYwKv TIL Mark Twain initially supported American Imperialism, but, after discovering America's true motives in the Philippine–American War by reading the Treaty of Paris, he changed his position, saying "And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land."
wLNLJ TIL that in 1998 Australian Astronomers detected fast radio burst signals, and named them Perytons. It was soon discovered that it was escaping radiation from the microwave in the lunch room, which was being stopped by using the door release without pushing the stop button first.
VMLdB TIL Coca-Cola syrup is delivered to McDonald's in stainless steel tanks that ensure its freshness, creating what many believe is the best Coca-Cola available. All other restaurants receive the syrup in plastic bags.