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TIL In 2005 canadians campaigned to ban comic sans

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Z8Lwv TIL that Philip of Macedon threatened to enslave and destroy the population and city of Sparta if he won the war. The Spartans replied to him with a single word: "If".
d8a7B TIL that the reason we feel compelled sing in the shower is partly because the reverb of the shower boosts the voice, adds more bass, and sounds more powerful, thus boosting the singer's confidence to sing.
GYBm1 TIL that the irrational fear of palindromes (words or sentences that read the same backwards, i.e. Racecar) is known as Aibohphobia. Ironically, Aibohphobia itself is a palindrome as well.
LkXbP TIL a Chinese zookeeper licked a rare monkey's butt for over an hour to help it pass a peanut that was endangering its life.
woKa1 TIL the British Royal Yacht carried a crew of 241 who were required to carry out their duties in silence known as “unobtrusive excellence,” meaning that most orders were given using sign language and crew members wore slippers to further minimize noise.