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TIL in England the street name ‘Gropecunt Lane’ was given to streets where prostitution commonly occurred.

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NXx56 TIL researchers have found almost 10% of U.S. adults ages 65 and older have dementia, while another 22% have mild cognitive impairment.
rNXP1 TIL that the seedless bananas that we consume are called Cavendish bananas and they will go extinct in the next decade due to a fungus called Panama disease.
nerdY TIL that the common saying "you can't have your cake and eat it too" was originally phrased "you can't eat your cake and have it too." This conveys the meaning of the expression much more clearly, since once you eat a cake, you can no longer have it.
QJvBk TIL in the 19th century, profit-maximizing recipe used by milk producers was a pint of lukewarm water for every quart of milk—after the cream was skimmed; To whiten the bluish liquid they added chalk and to replace skimmed-off layer of cream, they might add a final flourish of pureed calf brains
L0ZV TIL a lady passed away because a supervisor had told the coworker trying to resuscitate her to stop, and “get back on the phone and take care of customers.”