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TIL Pakistan accidentally took down Youtube for the entire globe in 2008 in an attempt to block it

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R7Wpj TIL the pronunciation of "-ing" as "-in" ( e.g. "she was cleanin' ") is actually the original pronunciation, with the "ing" pronunciation having caught on later perhaps under influence of the spelling. The "in" pronunciation survives today in colloquial speech
6mPJ TIL: In Australia, to encourage third party votes, if the third party candidate doesn’t win, your vote goes towards your second choice.
QJXOa TIL of Rick Rescorla, who saved all but 6 of his 2700 employees during the 9/11 attacks by directing people down the stairs using a bullhorn and encouraging them by singing Cornish songs.
b90Ea TIL that Chinese newspaper cited The Onion naming the North Korean leader as the Sexiest Man Alive without realizing it was a joke
d0Vr TIL Men have nipples because mammary cells are formed in the embryo before the Y chromosome determines that the embryo is a male.