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TIL Fiancé refers to a Male & Fiancée refers to a female

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4kLjN TIL about Fallstreak Holes or “hole-punch” clouds, a natural weather phenomenon that causes a large gap, usually circular or elliptical, that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds. It’s often associated with UFO sightings
0wW6N TIL that the title of Pantera's 1992 album "Vulgar Display of Power" was inspired by a line in "The Exorcist". When Father Karras asks Regan why she can't make the straps restraining her disappear if she's supposedly the devil, she replies, "That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras."
l4bG TIL that NASA had released an 18-minute Ultra HD 4K video tour of the ISS last year, showing the space station in its full high-definition glory.
LkWbv TIL The Taliban used dynamite to destroy two 4th century statues of Buddha. They saw it as idolatry. The destruction revealed a previously unknown network of caves with wall paintings from the 5th to 9th centuries and another giant statue of Buddha.
69VBw TIL male primates (yes, humans too) that recover from Ebola carry the virus in their sperm for a very long time.