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TIL the term “pixel” is short for “picture element”

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j6kxQ TIL The Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, which aired from 1986 to 1990, involving challenges and painful entertainment, inspired countless physical challenge game shows still popular today
kObje TIL there are just three places in the world where a boat can row under a train ridden under a car driven under an airplane: the BU Bridge in Boston, MA, the Steel Bridge in Portland, OR, and the 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal.
lo6aA TIL in 2008, a Mad Cow Disease beef recall was impelled by a whistleblower who took illegal, undercover footage of the sick cows.
N7wB8 TIL about the Centralia Mine Fire. It is an underground coal mine fire that has been burning since 1962. It has led to the abandonment of 2 towns in PA. The area's 17927 zip code has been revoked by the US. The fire is estimated to burn for another 250 years.
eo7n TIL that slavery was still practised in South Korean salt farms as recently as 2014.