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TIL Belgrade has been razed to the ground 44 times.

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v1ZN8 TIL that the phrase "A-OK" originated from NASA engineers who used it during radio transmission tests because "the sharper sound of A cut through the static better than O"
7egr TIL that since January 1st, drivers can legally flash their lights at other cars to warn them of police speed traps in Florida.
mxa0x TIL Chien-Shiung Wu's “Wu experiment” won Nobel prize, but it was given to her male colleagues, completely ignoring the work she put on it.
dD5ej TIL after Ryan Murphy’s pilot about a transgender father was rejected, he created Glee as a “wholesome comedy that the entire family can watch”
7wGx TIL that Batman: The Animated Series contains a not-so-subtle jab at Joel Schumacher, the director of the infamously cheesy and homo-erotic film “Batman & Robin”.