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TIL Every year since the year 2000 has been the hottest on record.

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grwny TIL the official name for a hashtag is "octothorpe".
b98E0 TIL: Alabama prosecutors tried to charge a woman with manslaughter because she had a miscarriage after being shot during an argument
VMBW8 TIL: After Emperor Valerian and his army surrendered to Persia, the Persians had them do engineering and architecture as work while prisoners. As a result, The City of Shushtar is the most eastern Roman city, despite never being part of the Roman Empire.
4kL66 TIL the voice of AOL’s “You’ve got mail!” is named Elwood Edwards and as of 2016 was an Uber driver in Cleveland
yQ7rl TIL about Humbert of Moyenmoutier, who was sent by the Pope to carefully negotiate with the Patriarch of Constantinople. When the Patriarch failed to greet Humbert warmly, Humbert excommunicated the Patriarch in the Pope's name, creating the Great Schism, splitting the Christian church in half.