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TIL that an increasingly common phenomenon in the modern dating world, ghosting, or a sudden cessation of all contact with someone, is often unilateral but simultaneous ghosting sometimes occurs in which case there is no ghostee.

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yVXkJ TIL that unlike humans with 46 total chromosomes, great apes such as the chimpanzee have 48. So do potatoes. No, there is no relation.
GY7GG TIL, that in 1917, British forces were not ready for a head on assault of Jerusalem, so British intelligence created a plan where cigarettes would be air dropped by recon planes for the Ottomans everyday up until the day of the assault, where they instead dosed all the cigarettes with opium.
vyX7 TIL that since it’s inception, the War on Drugs has cost the United States 1 trillion dollars.
neawP TIL that Sheila Vogel-Coupe, age 85 as of 2014, was believed to be Britain’s oldest working prostitute. She became a sex worker at the age of 81. She serviced an average of 10 clients a week and charged upwards of $420 an hour.
EgYnX Today I Learned that Pigeon-Based 'Feathernet' is the Fastest Way to Transfer Massive Amounts of Data