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TIL of the "D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm", where codenames related to the Operation Overlord plans appeared as solutions in crosswords in the British newspaper.

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ADRR7 TIL The average time a woman can hold a secret is 47 hours and 15 minutes.
lomea TIL that Key West was called Cayo Hueso (Bone Cay) by the Spanish because of all the human skeletons littering the isle
ANJ8o TIL that more than 4.6 billion people use social media globally which is 60% of world population
awlr0 TIL that Jar of Flies by Alice In Chains was the first EP to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The feat would not be repeated for another 10 years, when the Jay-Z/Linkin Park Collision Course EP did it.
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