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TIL that “shuttlecock calibrator” is a real job

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nWnod TIL That Lidia Gueiler, the first female President of Bolivia was overthrown in a coup by her cousin, her other cousin was actress Raquel Welch.
nWa0d TIL That, as of 2016, the video of the on air suicide of Christine Chubbuck still existed and was in the possession of the widow of the late TV station owner Chubbuck had worked at. The video has not been seen since 1974.
BrY9L TIL Richard Ramirez was sentenced to die in California's gas chamber. He stated to reporters after the death sentences, "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland." He later died of complications from B cell lymphoma while awaiting execution.
VGRp TIL ‘you’ was plural but used for singular, not the reverse. It was used to show respect until the singular 'thou’ became kinda rude. This is why we say “you are” for both cases.
E1mNW TIL, it's estimated that there are 6,000 shipwrecks distributed across all of the Great Lakes.