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TIL Türkiye is now the official name for the country formerly known in English as Turkey after being accepted by the UN last year.

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0kkN TIL that all of the six remaining William Shakespeare signatures have different spelling
DBkJ TIL that Hugh Jackman went without water for 36 hours before filming the opening scene of “Les Mis”.
VEQQ TIL Sylvester Stallone was the third person Ever to be nominated for Best Actor and Best Writer Oscars in the same year (for Rocky), following only Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin.
VPok TIL of ‘Dublin’s Pintmen’. Known to drink around 30 pints in a day, and according to a book on Irish pub law - 'Pintmen exude a sort of spiritual aura when in union with their pint. An ethereal look can be seen in their eyes as they are transported beyond spatial and temporal bounds.’
Mr0A TIL, that to prove stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria and not stress, Barry Marshall drank bacterium, developed stomach ulcers, and won the Nobel peace price in medicine.