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TIL that SOS doesn’t mean “save our ship” or “save our souls.” SOS doesn’t actually stand for anything at all and is used simply because of how easy it is to remember.

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vPVZL TIL that when Will Smith was 12 his grandmother found his notebook of rap lyrics with curse words and wrote a note in it telling Will that truly smart people do not have to curse when expressing themselves. As a result he resolved not to use profanity in his music.
E16dW TIL that comedian Ryan Stiles from Whose Line is it Anyway? has been a frequent fund raiser for children with burn injuries, raising over $500,000 for the Burned Children Recovery Center since 2009, helping the foundation to recover from the economy crash of 2008.
LQlYp TIL "Pokemon" means 'pocket monster(s)'
Z84NR TIL: In Japan, yonige-ya, "run away at night" or “fly-by-night”, companies service people who want to become johatsu, “evaporated people”, who are people who want to disappear and never be found.
4jpN TIL that Cadburys lost more than £6m after changing the Creme egg recipe