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TIL that there are 15 different plug styles.

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6EZDW TIL - In response to claims that Star Trek uniforms were sexist by having women wearing short skirts, men started to wear them too, creating what was known as the "skant"(skirt and pant) uniform for men.
x6AR0 TIL that to always win at Guess Who? instead of asking narrow questions you should ask broad questions, like "Does your person's name start with the letter A through M?" versus narrow questions like "Does your person have red hair?". Using this method you can guess the correct person in 5-6 tries.
NJv6 TIL in 1518 there was a ‘Dancing Epidemic’ in France. One woman started dancing in the street and within a month, some 400 people join her, many who later died of heart attacks, strokes, or exhaustion. Nobody knows why it started or why was it popular.
DKdr TIL that in 2010 a Slovakian man was arrested in Ireland after bringing explosives into the country. They were planted in his luggage by Slovak authorities, who were doing a security test and forgot to remove them before he got on the plane
MRM7 TIL Atlanta police fired 39 shots at a 92-year-old woman during a raid of her home. She was killed by 5 or 6 of the shots. It was later discovered that they planted drugs in her home, and the evidence that led to the raid was falsified.