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TIL[nt] about the only word in English with a silent v: Milngavie, a Scottish town.

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5Vwxr TIL that Frank Zappa intended his 1982 song “Valley Girl” to be a mocking satire of California’s teen culture, but ironically, the song’s success instead popularized the “valley girl” accent nationwide. So much so, that a film titled “Valley Girl” was released a year later.
jNBJN TIL in 1890, two lawyers wrote an article titled “The Right to Privacy". It is regarded as the first publication in the USA that advocated that individuals had a right to privacy. It describes the right as the "right to be let alone".
AN9Yw TIL the average American now consumes roughly the same amount of sugar in a day that the average Palaeolithic human consumed in a year (~20 teaspoons)
rNJMx TIL the dumb and dumber mocking bird song is a real song.
PY8oV TIL that researchers were puzzled after a $2,700 Cellular Bill was Racked up on SIM Card Attached to a Stork