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TIL: the term vagina means “sword holder” in Latin.

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WkkWY Investigating diseases of prehistory
rNVoy TIL in the 1960s, Cap'n Crunch cereal boxes came with whistles which coincidentally had the specific frequency (2600 hertz) required to exploit a vulnerability of in-band signaling enabling a phone to make free calls by entering an 'operator mode'.
8e7NG TIL if you crush up Ritalin pills and inject that mixture you may get a rare condition called Ritalin lung where the pill filler recrystallizes in your lungs
7eB7 TIL The town of Tikrit in Iraq erected a monument of the shoe thrown at Geroge W Bush.
BrvBL TIL about 6 Tongan teenage boys who were shipwrecked and lived on the uninhabited island 'Ata for 18 months (1965-1966). The boys had set up a small commune, with a vegetable garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to collect water, a gym with odd weights, a badminton court, and a permanent fire.