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TIL that the abbreviation a.m stands for "ante meridiem" and p.m means "post meridiem".

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OoAZ7 TIL Lee Harvey Oswald's widow, Marina, is still alive and still lives in Texas, the very state where her then husband killed President Kennedy.
kQRd TIL The Coca-Cola company was ordered by a US judge to turn over their secret formula twice- they refused both times.
OoN16 TIL Birds don't urinate. Instead, they convert nitrogen to uric acid.
oBQDR TIL the ADIDAS and Puma shoe factories would become a key supplier to clubs in the Hitler Youth after the takeover of the Nazis. Their shoes were even used as the official sports shoes for the German teams during the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin.
j6OMn TIL about IG (Internet Group), in 2001 the most accessed news portal in Brazil. Due to the constant flurry of bad news, especially due to urban violence, they decided to institute the "good news day", w no bad news reported. The first day for the campaign was chosen to be September 11, 2001.