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TIL that pixel stands for picture element.

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6xxW TIL the American animated television show RoboTech is the result of heavily editing three Japanese television series that were previously unrelated to one another.
W1jd TIL: That the phrase “Can’t hold a candle next to (insert name here).” Stems from the fact that apprentices used to be expected to hold the candle so that more experienced workmen were able to see what they were doing. Someone unable even to do that would be of low status indeed.
R5meQ TIL that all of the shots of the little island above Bikini Bottom in Spongebob Squarepants were filmed in Genndy Tartakovsky's pool
VMA74 TIL When Robin Williams appeared on 'Inside the Actors Studio' in 2001, an audience member developed a hernia from laughing too hard, and had to be taken away in an ambulance
wjw8 TIL: As a result of China’s “one child” policy and sex-selection abortions, China has 30+ million surplus single men between age 25-40. That’s more than the combined population of adults in New York and Texas who will never find a mate.