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TIL the leader of the US nuclear regulatory agency is Mr. Burns

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GYeVE TIL that both "canceled" and "cancelled" are acceptable ways to spell the past tense of the verb "cancel". Americans favor "canceled" (one l), while British English and other dialects prefer "cancelled" (two l's). However, there is only one correct spelling of the noun "cancellation".
epRjb TIL The US Navy still has a ship, the USS Pueblo, from 1945 that is actively commissioned till today, however it has been taken hostage by North Korea since 1968. It is now used by North Korea as a museum ship in the capitol of Pyongyang.
x67Db TIL that that when adjusted for inflation, the most the average U.S. home cost in the last 60 years was in 2022 ($570,511).
YpKJ7 TIL Gwyneth Paltrow named her company Goop because some branding expert told her that all successful internet companies have double o's in their name, so she just put two o’s between her initials.
xVGx7 TIL the average man gets bored after just 26 minutes of shopping while the average woman gets bored after two hours.