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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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BYAx TIL American bars first began offering complimentary hard-boiled eggs in the mid-1800s. The idea was to give customers sustenance so they wouldn’t become sloppy drunks, and at the same time making the customers thirsty so they would order more drinks
Wo68 TIL that during the torture of the alleged 20th hijacker Mohammed al-Qahtani, he was forced to “watch puppet shows depicting sexual acts between him and Osama bin Laden at his mock birthday party”
w6LE TIL 90,000 Kentuckians fought for the Union, while 35,000 fought for the Confederate States. But Kentucky has 72 Confederate monuments and only two Union ones
jN5rN TIL that Doug White, a single engine aircraft pilot with only 80 hours of flight time who was on a chartered flight with his wife and two daughters, successfully landed a twin engine King Air 200 after the pilot had a heart attack.
NXjj8 TIL Current and former presidents are prohibited from driving on public roads, even after leaving office.