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TIL that “⸮” has been proposed as a punctuation mark to denote irony since the 1580s.

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jvNX TIL of Sara Forbes Bonetta, a West African who was orphaned, sold into slavery, and in a remarkable twist of events, was liberated from enslavement and became a goddaughter to Queen Victoria.
kOneW TIL of STEVE, an atmospheric phenomenon investigated and named by a group of aurora watchers in Alberta, Canada. A group member suggested the name in reference to the movie Over The Hedge, later given the backronym "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement" by the American Geophysical Union.
gMv1b TIL that Chicago was called "Swedens second biggest city" in the beginning of the 20th century, having the largest swedishborn population in the world after Stockholm.
8e4NK TIL that Sony Pictures abandoned plans to adapt Michael Lewis’ best-selling book Flash Boys into a movie due to concerns over having an Asian lead actor.
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