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TIL someone who gives opinions on subjects they know nothing about is called an ultracrepidarian

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JwVV TIL the MMORPG Everquest is still getting official expansions 13 years after it was originally released: Released on Mar 16, 1999, 19th Expansion Pack: Nov 28, 2012
VgxG TIL By typing “=lorem()” in Microsoft Word and pressing enter, you can generate several pages of nonsense
LQXm9 TIL about Detective Frank Salerno who had the unprecedented task of not only bringing the infamous serial killer Richard Ramirez to justice in 1985, but was also instrumental in The Hillside Stranglers arrests in 1979.
0xKp TIL that one of Franz Ferdinand’s descendants is trying to reacquire his estate. This estate was seized by Czechoslovakia after the end of World War I, but this descendant argues that this seizure was unjust since Franz Ferdinand’s children weren’t members of the Habsburg royal family.
QNd9d TIL I learned the blocks used to build the Pyramids of Giza weigh an average of 2.5 tons, some blocks weigh up to 50 tons!