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TIL ending a sentence with '/s' is called a 'Tone Indicator'; a set of 60+ symbols that explicitly state the intention or intonation of a message, when it might be considered otherwise ambiguous.

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RYvl TIL Paleontologist Jørn Hurum teamed up with artist Esther van Hulsen to paint an octopus with 95-million-year-old ink
rRnxo TIL that there is a ritual to a headless Saint that will show virgins their future true love if performed on January 20-21.
d8JKr TIL In the '80s there was an intense nationwide effort in China to study ESP among children
9G9D TIL John Oliver’s comedic commentary has been credited with helping influence US culture by shedding light on issues otherwise ignored. This has been dubbed “The John Oliver effect.
b6yL7 TIL that deaf children have great difficulty learning to read; and high school seniors are likely to read at the level of a nine-year old.