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TIL about familects, that one special language (or "microdialect") created by and shared between two or more people in a close relationship

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jE0a TIL the 3 numbers on an egg carton denote what day of the year it was packaged. 221 (out of 365) is August 9th!
nwjY TIL: King Goujian’s army was known for scaring its enemies before battle by having his front line commit suicide by decapitating themselves
JDpj TIL Scientology has a child labor camp in the heart of Suburban Australia, where children are separated from their parents, and forced to work full time for no pay.
4VK5 TIL a former South African rugby player went on an axe-murdering rampage in a revenge attack for the gang rape of his daughter, who contracted HIV as a result.
rRPxw TIL NASA's longest serving female employee since January 1958, Sue Finley, has been an engineer and programmer for space missions since Explorer 1, for missions to the Moon, Sun, all the planets and many other solar system bodies, and recipient of NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal.