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TIL that the lead singer of the California punk band The Offspring (Self Esteem, Come Out and Play, etc.) has a Ph.D in Molecular Biology and that his dissertation focused on HIV/AIDS research.

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DQNOP TIL ending a sentence with '/s' is called a 'Tone Indicator'; a set of 60+ symbols that explicitly state the intention or intonation of a message, when it might be considered otherwise ambiguous.
JrZk TIL that the word “Nonchalant” has no opposite. There’s no “chalant,” just “nonchalant.” Only the negative form of the word has found a home in English.
OY1L TIL that you can not enter the majority of Arab countries if you have an Israeli stamp on your passport.
9YjkM TIL Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on a true story of ed gein, he would dig up bodies from graves and would make furniture out of their skin and would make anything out of their body parts.
KO14G TIL Navajo Code Talkers were commended for the skill, speed and accuracy they demonstrated throughout WWII. One officer said, "Were it not for the Navajos the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima". They were also assigned bodyguards to protect them from fellow Americans: or kill them if captured.