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TIL WWW is the longest possible three letter acronym to pronounce, ordinarily using three times as many syllables than the words it is abbreviating

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W71dB TIL that Swedish meatballs are actually based on a recipe King Charles XII brought home from Turkey in the early 18th century
GYJwE TIL in 2012 there was a massive solar flare, at least as powerful as the Carrington event in 1859. It could have devastated the electrical grid and even disabled the water supply, but missed Earth by a week. The chance of another hit was 12% in the next 10 years. "We need to be prepared."
JjBB TIL Salvador Dali would avoid paying tabs by drawing on checks. The drawing would be too valuable to cash the check.
N7KrJ TIL Junko Furuta was a 17-year-old girl when she was kidnapped, she went through hell for 44 days before death finally relieved her pain on January 4, 1989. Junko was tortured to an extent that in the end, she was unable to stand or even speak. Her killers are now living as free men
M7rBW TIL adolescents who experienced cyberbullying were more than four times as likely to report suicidal thoughts and attempts