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TIL that in times with a greater proportion of single men competing for fewer women, beards and mustaches became more fashionable

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wGbM TIL That President Kennedy promised to “end housing discrimination with a stroke of the pen” when he got in to office; when he didn’t do so, Civil Rights groups sent thousands of pens to the White House in protest.
xVLAB TIL A major reason why native English speakers have issues understanding German humour, is that the German language is way too precise to allow for the humorous confusions found in English. Also, German humour is usually delivered with a deadpan, which makes foreigners think they're being serious.
VBL58 TIL Eminem is an Oscar winner
15AO TIL hammer head sharks have a 360-degree vision in the vertical plane, meaning they can see above and below them at all times.
WoPY TIL that in 2009 Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chairman, said “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place” when confronted about the search engine’s privacy policies.