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TIL black day, contrast to Valentine’s Day and white day, is a day for single or people who has not got a gift on either days

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mxQJP TIL that the individual who essentially invented the U bend, the pipe shape in almost all modern toilets, was named Thomas Crapper.
0d9lv TIL that Chiasmus is used to create a persuasive or emotional effect on an audience and is found repeatedly in the Bible
yQa5X TIL that liverpool fc chose nike instead of new balance, even though the money offert was the same, because nike offered lebron, s. williams and drake as marketers for liverpool fc [meaning that the 3 will use social media to promote the club and will wear liverpool fc shirts in public]
kJdLg TIL the nativity story only appears in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, and both give very different accounts. Luke alone mentions the adoration of the shepherds, while Matthew alone mentions the arrival of the Magi, which leads to the massacre of the innocents.
xV8OB TIL in 1960 a Russian man with a bomb tried to hijack Trans Australia Airlines Flight 408. The co-pilot punched him in the face and ripped the wires off the bomb saving everyone on board.