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TIL that the military version of TL;DR is BLUF (bottom line up front)

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VRB0 TIL That Down’s Syndrome, Downs Syndrome, and Down Syndrome are all correct ways of spelling
J1yQ1 TIL to find a pianist during the one-day studio recording session of Tom Jones’ hit single ‘It’s not Unusual’ (also of Carlton Dance fame), his drummer Slade (of AC/DC and The Firm Fame) ran across the street to a coffee house and recruited then-unknown Reginald Dwight (now-well-known as Elton John)
N7BrJ TIL: In 2007, a British woman with a Brazil nut allergy suffered the first recorded severe allergic reaction transmitted by semen during vaginal intercourse.
XAy8 TIL that after being spot on for almost 50 years, Moore’s law — which predicts the computing power to double every other year — is expected to slow down for the first time next year.