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TIL an emordnilap (palindrome spelt backwards) is a word that can be read differently in reverse. ex. reward/drawer

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OGvD4 TIL Chopin called his Minute Waltz the “Valse du petit chien” (Waltz of the Little Dog), inspired by his partner George Sand’s dog Marquis chasing its tail. The swirling right-hand figures mimic the circling; middle-section grace notes in A-Flat suggest a bell on the dog’s neck.
rNX4y TIL that for years, no one knew what caused mysterious tunnel networks in Brazil. A team of geologists determined that they were actually burrows dug by ancient giant sloths.
9xMQ TIL The best-selling video games of all-time in Japan are, in order: Pokemon, Pokemon, Mario, Mario, Pokemon, Pokemon, and Pokemon.
Za9B TIL of Adwaita, a 255 year old tortoise that was born 26 years before the Declaration of Independence and died in 2006.
MeAGK TIL, in a small Japanese seaside town, there is an underwater mailbox. The town's former postmaster built it together with the local diver community to put their small town of Susami on the map and boost tourism. And, it worked. It's in the Guinness book of world records.