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TIL that QR as in QR code simply means Quick response

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aK0N TIL: A NOOK is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess, forming a hidden or secluded spot. A CRANNY, by comparison, is small, narrow opening, fissure, or crevice in a wall, or other substance.
BnEx TIL that Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” is why we say “Merry Christmas” today. The phrase had been around before, but when the book was an instant hit in 1843 it popularized it right at a time when Christmas began to establish as an annual tradition again, so the phrase stuck.
nNlG TIL China has 513 million internet users, but it’s only 38% of their population.
p6eO TIL Only two percent of people in the world have natural blond hair.
x61g5 TIL That the smallest known Mammal is something called the Bumblebee Bat that weighs less than 2 grams! (AKA Hog-nosed or Kitti’s Hog-nosed Bat)