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TIL that there is a “micro-generation” between Gen-X and Millennials called “Xennials” AKA “The Oregon Trail Generation.”

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5VLp TIL Comedian Richard Pryor grew up in his grandmother’s brothel in Peoria, IL. He once saw his mother performing sex acts with the Mayor.
d81Rj TIL that baby and children’s brains look/seem to function very similarly to an adult brain on psychedelics (LSD, psilocybin, etc)
YaAP TIL that in France, a megabyte is called a mega-octet because ‘byte’ means cock, and therefore 'megabyte’ is unintentionally rude.
oRYb7 TIL that the US government wasted $247 billion dollars in 2022 alone ($2.4 trillion in the past 20 years) simply due to payment errors.
GYDp7 TIL that US sailors captured by North Korea, were flipping the middle finger in photos to protest the propaganda on their treatment. The North Koreans for months photographed them without knowing the real meaning of the finger, while the sailors explained that the sign meant good luck in Hawaii.