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TIL there is a word that is the opposite of sparkle and it is “darkle”

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nelDP TIL Gene Wilder agreed to play Willy Wonka only if he could limp out of the factory and then somersault when he meets the children.
6npw TIL of “imprints”, hand-reared falconry birds sexually attracted to their keepers. To breed an imprint, the keeper “lets the male bird copulate with his head” while wearing a special hat for semen collection
Bg8Zd TIL: That there are 'Technology Sniffer Dogs'.
QNeGd TIL Surpassing his father's liking for alcohol and cigars, Randolph Churchill consumed 80–100 cigarettes and up to two bottles of whisky per day for 20 years. He died aged 57.
B6pL TIL the the longest words you can spell in the English language without repeating a letter are “uncopyrightable” and “dermatoglyphics”, both coming in at 15 letters.