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TIL that percentages are reversible

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7rPZ7 TIL the character's name Fez from That 70s Show stands for Foreign Exchange Student because his real name was too hard to pronounce.
awjAo TIL that birds are, taxonomically speaking, the last extant dinosaurs and, as such, are technically a type of fish.
VMxeQ TIL that the 1963 return of the village of Elten from the Netherlands to West Germany caused a bizarre 'smuggling' operation. Businessmen parked hundreds of trucks full of butter in the town on the night before the handover, dodging German import taxes when the border crossed the goods the next day
EgokX TIL butt dials to 911 increase during summer when roller coaster rides are more common.
Zpp5Y TIL the reason for the signs that say "$10 if we fail to give you a receipt" at stores. They aren't for receipt-obsessed customers, they are there to keep the employees from stealing. If employees don't ring up your purchase and generate receipt, the employee could just put cash in their pocket.