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TIL the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, first built in 1952 and still in use today, is commonly referred to as BUFF or Big Ugly Fat Fucker/Fella

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Wkog8 TIL After a child was tragically killed by an alligator in 2016 at Disney World, all gator references in the park were removed, including the 50 year old joke from the Jungle Cruise: “Remember, folks, if you don’t watch your children, the crocodiles will!"
OG54 TIL that Frank Zappa pulled his kids out of school at age 15 and refused to pay for college.
xXvw TIL that “shhh” works for quieting and comforting people because it replicates the sound heard by a fetus of blood going by its ear while it’s in the womb.
JwVV TIL the MMORPG Everquest is still getting official expansions 13 years after it was originally released: Released on Mar 16, 1999, 19th Expansion Pack: Nov 28, 2012
0dgpv TIL Hippocrates coined the term "Cancer" (Karkinoma) because tumors reminded him of crabs. The central body and extensions of a tumor looked like a crab and its legs. "Karkinoma" is Greek for "crab".