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TIL Kansas is scientifically proven to be flatter than a pancake

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dDwZZ TIL that Mortal Kombat character Noob Saibot is a mix of the last names of the creator of the series in reverse: Noob (Ed Boon) and Saibot (John Tobias)
rRbDW TIL of Cragside House - The first house in the world to be powered by Hydroelectric. It was the first 'smart home' of the 1800's with water powered electricity, laundry, rotisserie and even a dishwasher.
xVWwB TIL about Garden-Path Sentences such as "The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families." which are grammatically correct but almost always read initially as nonsensical