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TIL numerical contractions are words abbreviated by the number of letters between the first and last letter such as i18n, a11y, p13n, k8s, etc.

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PVGn TIL Katt Wiliams has been arrested 13 times and has paid over $190,000 in bail
ONe7 TIL the 1978 “UFO abduction” of Frederick Valentich has been solved: out searching for UFOs, the inexperienced pilot saw “4 points of light of an elongated UFO”. Recent astronomical simulations show a perfect diamond formed by Mercury, Venus, Mars and nearby star Antares.
9YyAD TIL Blacks also owned slaves in America
KJeE TIL Children’s books have 50% more rare words written in them than words spoken in an average showing of adult prime-time television.
7wGx TIL that Batman: The Animated Series contains a not-so-subtle jab at Joel Schumacher, the director of the infamously cheesy and homo-erotic film “Batman & Robin”.