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TIL that French counting is unnecessarily complicated.

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5Mk8 TIL That it is illegal in South Carolina to jeer at the Confederate States of America flag.
WkpAX TIL that in 1966 a computer scientist wrote a program, called ELIZA, intended to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between people and machines. Instead it came to be seen as a therapy program and fooled a remarkable number of people into believing that the computer had feelings.
5Yrn8 TIL Germans have nothing to do with German chocolate cake. It was made by an American whose last name was "German".
16xYO TIL Vanilla Extract can be used as a sedative
ZOno TIL Japanese researchers have created a fire-alarm for the deaf. It’s a gadget that emits a wasabi mist which will wake the endangered person and get them out of the building alive!