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TIL the term "Ass Clown" is credited to be from the movie "Office Space."

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OrKR TIL that the President of Singapore must not be a member of any political party in order to run for office
ydlV TIL A guy named Joshua Abraham Norton declared himself Emperor of the United States and the citizens of San Francisco went along with it.
p8bnZ TIL the US Navy conducted mock air attacks by aircraft carrier on Pearl Harbor in 1932 and 1938. In both exercises the attacks were successful, demonstrating the importance of air power over battleships. Both exercises were ignored by the US Navy but were studied carefully by the IJN.
W1rA TIL that 11% of USA highway bridges are considered structurally deficient.
Me0rA TIL that of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken today, it has been estimated that a staggering 90% of them will be extinct within the next 30 years.