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TIL there are 101 acceptable 2 letter words in scrabble.

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4WLo TIL someone wrote a smartphone app called “Nickelblock” that plays Nickelback every time you try to look at your Ex’s profile on Facebook.
wo4ZP TIL the 1985 charity single "We are the World" originally featured the line "There's a chance we're taking, we're taking our own lives". However, Lionel Richie decided to change the last part to "We're saving our own lives" due to concern that the line would be considered a reference to suicide.
L8d9 TIL Whales have accents and regional dialects
4XNvJ TIL that in most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.
OGGy4 TIL There's a medical procedure that involves inserting a catheter into an artery in the leg to reach the brain. a dye is then injected and an x ray is performed. this is done on no/local anasthesia. it's called a cerebral DSA