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TIL: Russia made us a 9/11 monument that few know about

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BrAge TIL the “R” in the abbreviations “Mr.” and “Mrs.” are contraction forms of the titles “Master” and “Mistress.”
yQD8p TIL Making porn is technically illegal in Australia. Except in the ACT (the Australian equivalent of Washington, D.C.)
V8k TIL there is a riddle hidden in Pink Floyd’s album The Division Bell, and it has remained unsolved for 18 years.
GYEAg TIL "hermetically sealed" is named after Hermes Trismegistus who was into alchemy and supposedly found a way to make a glass tube air tight.
8exbV TIL the Welsh celebrate Beaujolais Day, a toast to the first wine of the season made from the first harvest of grapes in the Beaujolais region of France.