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TIL Stan Lee created Iron Man because he thought no one would like him.

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0w5wN TIL the word "eggcorn", defined by Merriam-Webster as "a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase", such as "all intensive purposes" instead of "all intents and purposes".
e0Kpn TIL The 2 % failure rate for Condoms means that for every 100 couples using them for 1 year 2 will get pregnant and not 2 times per 100 intercourses.
xlO7 TIL America’s Most Wanted has captured more criminals than it has aired episodes; at 1149 episodes, and 1173 captures.
78mDb TIL that not everyone plays this Easter game I thought was universal.
gMPp4 TIL a Chinese general once scared away an army of 10,000, with a flute. The well known general sat on the wall of his undermanned city playing the flute, with the gates flung open. The opposition assumed it to be a trap and retreated.