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TIL Starting in 2013, ‘123456’ became the most common password in use. Before that, it was 'password’.

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v1aY8 TIL Americans use the term "downtown" to describe a city's "city center" regardless its geographic location because the term was inherited from New York — where businesses occupied the bottom of Manhattan island
n8WW TIL that there’s a hamburger joint in Tokyo called Whoopi Goldburger.
v66j TIL there was a time when cocaine was praised and prized by the Pope.
9wryr TIL in 2001, dulce de leche M&M's were introduced in five American cities with large Hispanic populations. The flavor never became popular with the Hispanic community, who preferred existing M&M's flavors, and it was discontinued in most areas by early 2003.
WDj8 TIL Dr. Seuss, caught up in anti-Japanese propaganda, made several racist/xenophobic political cartoons. After later visiting Japan and meeting with victims of atomic bombs, he changed his heart and wrote “Horton Hears a Who” and dedicated to his new Japanese friend.