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TIL that a Cantonese phrase is used to describe simps as "Soldiers of the Goddess of Mercy."

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BrnLx TIL that Captain Marvel was originally portrayed by a man, western actor Tom Tyler
wgZY TIL Only 20-33% of the words in the English dictionary are Germanic in origin, but among the 25 top nouns, verbs and adjectives the percentages are 60%, 80% and 68%, respectively.
a8vBN TIL that photons created in the center of the sun take a few thousand years to a few million to reach the surface of the sun and then only 8 minutes to reach Earth as light.
ZVKa TIL The scene in Kill Bill where Uma Thurman shoots through the cereal is a reference to the episode of the Simpsons called “Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'oh-cious,” which features an episode of Itchy and Scratchy called Resevoir Cats guest directed by Quentin Tarantino.
PYeRJ TIL one of New York’s first crime bosses was a Prussian immigrant known as Mother Mandelbaum. She built up a criminal empire worth millions, ran a school to teach kids how to become successful pickpockets and thieves, and functioned as one most prominent hostesses for New York’s high society.