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TIL gamer means defender in Teutonic language, so fellow gamers, y'all a bunch of fellow defenders :p Found it while trying to figure out baby names.

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GY6YG TIL that there are impressive advancements in dealing with human waste. Examples: Temple of Poop (w/ flowering rooftop), 2 way mirror outhouse, urinals w/ sink to flush while washing hands, and Poo Power (toilets that turn waste into electricity).
P1eoZ TIL Fela Kuti's 1977 album Zombie was critical of the Nigerian government and referred to soldiers as zombies who blindly followed orders. In anger, they raided Kuta's commune and severely beat Kuta and his mother. She was thrown from a second floor window resulting in a coma which led to her death.
lode5 TIL a researcher recorded more than 100 animal handlers and found it's pretty much universal -- regardless of the language spoken or the animal being handled -- that humans use short, repeated sounds to get an animal to go or speed up, and long, slow sounds to get an animal to stop or slow down.
mWWo TIL Henry Ford received letters from both Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde) and John Dillinger thanking him for building the V-8 because of how much it helped them get away from the crimes they committed.
6OyZ TIL it would take about 3000 years to send a message and hear a reply if SETI discovered intelligent life at KIC 8462852.