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TIL in ‘Avengers’ Loki called Black Widow a “Mewling Quim”. The rough translation is “Whiny Cunt”.

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p8Pj4 TIL that in order to receive compensation from the original September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, the recipients had to agree not to sue the airlines whose planes were hijacked in the attacks.
0jAv TIL that on the last flight of the Concorde, Jeremy Clarkson emptied a glass of water on Piers Morgan.
1je8 TIL that 37% of public school teachers use personal money to buy food more than once a month for their hungry students. They spend an average of $35/month. With 3.1M teachers in the US, teachers are spending about $400M/year of their personal money to feed hungry students.
vPYV4 TIL that space has a smell. Astronauts often describe it as smelling like walnuts, brake pads, gunpowder and burnt meat.
a8o7M TIL that famous BBC DJ John Peel loved the song 'Teenage Kicks' by The Undertones so much he had the first line engraved on his tombstone