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TIL that if you are dyslexic in an alphabetic language like English, you may not be in a pictographic language, like Mandarin, as brain scans show them occurring in different places.

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Od4Y TIL of pizza farms, an educational farm where the ingredients of pizza are grown in one convenient location
jNPaR TIL of the Crayola Colorcycle, a free program for schools that recycles empty markers of all types and brands, and even pays for shipping via FedEx.
WwdA TIL in 1795, as Joseph Haydn conducted the premiere of his 102nd symphony, the audience pressed forward out of their seats to get closer to the famous composer. Moments later, a chandelier crashed to the floor where the seats had emptied, killing no one and giving this piece the name “The Miracle”.
gM7gA TIL that there is an English word equivalent to the German word: Shadenfreude: Epicaricacy, which means to derive pleasure from another's misfortune.
OGJX1 TIL of Lei Tai. An Ancient Chinese form of Gladiatorial Combat/Entertainment where a local champion fighter builds a stage in the town square and invites anyone to knock him off the stage using any unarmed martial art. The winner then gets to "own" the stage, and issues a similar challenge as well.