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TIL that "ꙮ" is a letter. It's called Multiocular O

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1a7pD TIL that Shakespeare likely smoked weed and described it as the "journey in my head"
W7KN TIL that a snozzberry is used by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) as a euphemism for male genitalia.
nWngY TIL There was a 55,000-person Yugioh riot in 1999 over special-edition cards, with riot police called on the kids at the Tokyo Dome
E1jK0 TIL that mama and papa are almost universal for mother/father. But believed to be a coincidence due to language acquisition.
MVJA TIL in the 17th century the Roman Catholic Church ruled that the beaver was a fish so that the general prohibition on the consumption of meat on Fridays during Lent did not apply to beaver meat