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TIL "Below the fold" is referring to the bottom half of a newspaper.

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jNErM TIL of Jim Shooter, a Comic Book writer who started writing comics at the age of 13 and sent them in to DC comics. The head of DC liked them so much that he immediately commissioned Shooter to write Superman stories. Shooter got a regular position at 14, working to support his struggling parents.
4XpYw TIL that despite 'The Boondock Saints' being considered one of the hottest scripts in Hollywood, it was only released in 5 theaters and for a duration of just one week. The main reason for the limited distribution was because of the recent massacre at Columbine High School.
BrBBy Protected bike lanes make the roads safer—even if you're in a car
rmk4 TIL the phrase ‘laughing your head off’ originates from a public execution in 18th century England, when an audience platform next to the scaffold collapsed and killed twenty onlookers, to the amusement of the man about to have his head cut off.
D1bjv [TIL] Australia does not have the most venomous organisms in the world. That goes to Mexico and followed by Brazil. Australia is ranked third.