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TIL that while commonly associated with the WW2 Normandy landings, "D-Day" is just a general military term for the date of a planned attack; the equivalent in French being "Jour J", "Lá L" in Irish and "Tag X" in German.

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bO14 TIL of an Australian birthday tradition; where after cutting the cake, the birthday girl/boy has to kiss the nearest person of the opposite sex.
mDJx TIL that disbarred attorney Jack Thompson once gave Janet Reno a form, asking about her sexuality. Reno responded by saying “I’m only interested in virile men; that’s why I’m not interested in you.” Thompson later sued her for battery due to her putting a hand on his shoulder
Y7LAG TIL GigaChad is based on a real person and not a computer generated image
6VZm TIL that bronze is generally harder than iron. The Bronze Age didn’t give way to the Iron Age because iron weaponry was superior; rather, iron was more plentiful and easier to work with.
GWl7 TIL that in the 1960’s a woman lived together with a dolphin in a partially flooded house for 10 weeks as part of an experiment to teach it to speak. The lengthy experiment finally involved her masturbating the dolphin and tripping on LSD with it.