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TIL that the “pause symbol” on your remote control is derived from the musical notation called a “Caesura,” which calls for a complete pause in a composition

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mxKkM TIL about auto-antonyms, which are words that can have 2 different meanings that are the opposite of each other. (For example, the word bolt, which can mean "to secure together" or "to flee")
O5VR TIL a young Charlie Wilson’s dog was killed by a next door neighbor who was running for city council by mixing crushed glass into the dog’s food. Charlie Wilson retaliated by driving 96 poor black voters to the polls ultimately causing his neighbor to lose the election.
dXv7 TIL there is a Spanish guy who got a North Korean passport and runs the whole international DPRK propaganda campaign almost on his own including the Korean Friendship Association and most probably /r/pyongyang
P1n9e TIL the oldest known work of art is a seashell believed to have been carved by a Homo erectus between 540,000 and 430,000 years ago. Its extreme age suggests higher human traits evolved earlier than previously thought.
E14Yd TIL that Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World was sent an email from a high school girl who talked about how she didn’t quite fit in with others, wasn’t part of any social groups, and felt like she was stuck in “the middle”....so he wrote a song about her.