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TIL in 2018 Webster's Dictionary added the word "embiggen" from the Simpsons season 7

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A44 TIL 21 people died in “The Great Molasses Flood” of 1919. More than 90 years later, some streets in Boston still “bleed” molasses on hot days.
p8BZQ TIL there is a 2,700km long wall running through the Sahara desert. Created in 1987 it is still manned 24/7/365 by thousands of soldiers, supported by radar and surveillance equipment, and it features the longest continuous minefield in the world.
b9P7E TIL that Svetlana Savitskaya—the second woman in space—arrived at Mir (first modular space station) in 1982, she was greeted with an apron as a welcome present, and jokingly told to get to work in the kitchen by her fellow cosmonauts.
4XKNR TIL that the Oxford English Dictionary has included the informal use of the word "literally" in its official definition since 2011, and that use of the word "literally" to mean "figuratively" has been documented as far back as 250 years.
M6mA TIL Sitting close to a tv or monitor is not actually bad for the eyes. That was a myth likely perpetrated by adults to keep kids from blocking the tv.