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TIL in 2015 a high school student won a $425k settlement after being suspended for 2 months for replying “Actually, yeah” to an internet post asking if he made out with a teacher.

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WxGo TIL Joss Whedon wrote 98.9 percent of the dialogue for the movie Speed, uncredited
rRZjd TIL John D. Rockefeller, America's first billionaire, spent more of his life giving away his money than he had making it; at peak value, his fortune was estimated at $418 Billion in 2019 dollars, of which more than half was donated to his various foundations.
jKoN TIL, that there is a demon found in Catholic lore that collects all the mispronounced words said by priests and puts them in a sack. That sack is later carried by the offending priests in hell.
Vmdk TIL Avocados are an example of evolutionary anachronism. They evolved in order to attract megafauna. A large animal would eat the fruit and carry the seed in its digestive system.