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TIL the use of OMG is over a hundred years old

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NX4kJ TIL that the highest point in the Netherlands is Mount Scenery, located in the Caribbean.
wLZL8 TIL in 1914 the wife of the French PM assassinated a newspaper editor to prevent him from leaking that she and her husband had been dating while still married to their previous spouses. She was acquitted for 'uncontrollable female emotions'
e0mxE TIL that there is a pre-wedding tradition in Germany where guests throw porcelain on the ground and break them to bring luck to the couple. To symbolise working together through future difficulties, the couple must clean everything up
E1n0w TIL the tail feathers of Birds of Paradise are so black that they absorb 99.95% of all light, just .01% less than the blackest human-made nanomaterial, and help make brightly-colored patches stand out more during mating dances
KOkKB TIL of Rumwold of Buckingham, who in 662 purportedly made a profession of Christian faith, requested baptism, delivered a sermon on the Holy Trinity, and died - at three days old.