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TIL that even the typographer who designed Comic Sans only used it once, and that was to send a letter to Sky for his broadband problem.

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75DM TIL of the Rotherham child sex ring scandal wherein at least 1,400 children, mostly white girls aged 11–15, had been sexually abused between 1997-2013 by predominantly Muslim men. A scandal known to the local government, but never acted upon for fear of allegations of racism
j6xa TIL Turkey has the highest age of consent in Europe at age 18 while Spain has the lowest at 13.
MZbm TIL that there is a complete ban on women, and even female animals, entering the peninsula of Mount Athos in Greece, due to the peninsula being home to 20 monasteries
xVwBk TIL That the "Lazy Southerner" stereotype originated from people infected with the parasite hookworm, a disease that is spread through feces in the soil. It is still prevalent in some areas of America without plumbing.
DkdJ TIL Sid Meier did not include multiplayer in the original Civilization because be believed: “if you had friends, you wouldn’t need to play computer games”