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TIL that gender reveal parties only became popular after a 2008 blog post, and the blogger now regrets popularizing the idea

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l767V TIL attempted suicide was illegal in Britain in the late 19th century. The sentence? Hanging.
X06oP TIL "Fīat iūstitia ruat cælum" is a Latin legal phrase, meaning "Let justice be done though the heavens fall." The maxim signifies the belief that justice must be realized regardless of consequences.
Wb0L TIL NASA has confirmed Earth has a space-time vortex. It was measured by 4 near perfect gyroscopes in orbit.
Oygg TIL in 1961 the cost of one GFLOP of computing power was around $1.1 trillion. As of December 2013 it stood at approximately 12 cents.
WOn9 TIL that the “founding father” and first president of Pakistan wanted the country to be a secular home for people of “any religion, or caste, or creed.”