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TIL The word ‘pixel’ is short for 'picture element’.

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1aDRX TIL the 1904 Olympic marathon was the sketchiest Olympic event in history
69J8 TIL Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of prostitutes.
1Kx8 TIL that Superman compresses his spine as Clark Kent to become shorter in order to help hide his identity
o0GE TIL that the Hyatt Regency Hotel in KC, MO had multiple crosswalks that collapsed on top of each other. 114 died and another 216 were injured. Up until 9-11 it was the largest structural collapse in the USA.
OoMAY TIL in 2004 Norwegian robbers stole 57.4 million kroner from a NOKAS cash depot. They were all found and jailed in the next 3 years, but the case had cost Norway about 160 million kroner to solve, and only about 6.4 million were recovered.