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TIL The phrase "back to square one" originates in the game of snakes/chutes and ladders

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oBAJR TIL that the Dating Game serial killer, who murdered at least 8 young girls, studied film under Roman Polanski
Lk8dQ TIL Dolphins sleep 'unihemispheric'. They rest one hemisphere of their brain at a time, and even sleep with one eye open. They cannot breathe unconsciously; they have to actively decide when to breathe & would drown if they slept 'polyhemispheric' like us.
yQjmv TIL That the Royal Navy has an active vessal, HMS Victory, which is older than the USA.
b410 TIL the military refers to every time zone using a letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet. Therefore, in Honolulu, it is always “Whiskey time”.
Rmw7 TIL members of the band “Good Charlotte” protested against KFC’s treatment of chickens. Then in 2012 and 2013 appeared in a number of KFC commercials in Australia and even tried to set a world record for eating KFC on “Australia’s Got Talent.”