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TIL twitter was almost called Twitch.

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K4ER TIL a larger number of bumper stickers on a car indicates a higher likelihood of being involved in a road rage incident.
R7Dg9 TIL the Futurama episode "Roswell That Ends Well" is the 51st episode of the series. It takes place largely in Area 51.
j6Gp TIL-Liam Neeson is 60 years old and started acting because he thought the girl who would star next to him in his schools play was cute!
4kO7a TIL: William R. King is the only U.S. Vice President to take the oath of office on foreign soil. King had tuberculosis and had traveled to Cuba to regain his health. Since he couldn't be in DC to take the oath, Congress passed an act that allowed him to be sworn in near Matanzas, Cuba.
oBA0r TIL the tabletop game Subbuteo was so called because it’s creator, Peter Adolph, was denied the trademark to call it ‘Hobby’ and so use the neo-classical term for the Eurasian Hobby bird (Falco Subbuteo).