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TIL “antisocial” means to go against society, not socialization. Asocial means to go without society, or to be less inclined to socialize.

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Ypr5A TIL that Twenty or more US Airmen were in Hiroshima as POWs when the Atom Bomb fell. SSG Ralph J. Neal and another Airman, Norman Brissette, survived the initial blast by jumping into a cesspool, only to die thirteen days later from radiation poisoning.
6j0Y TIL in 2011 a bishop watched a television interview with Boy George, and discovered that an 18th century stolen Cypriot icon was hanging in the singer’s living room. Boy George immediately agreed to return the artefact and received a gift in return.
Alad TIL that the Volkswagen T2 has been continually produced since 1950. Production will cease at the end of this year.
mx1Yx TIL X-men's Rogue (voice actor) is a politician
njaY TIL that King Faisal of Saudi Arabia abolished slavery and freed 1,682 slaves…in 1962.