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

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ekK5 TIL that beef jerky is so expensive because the beef is bought by the pound, and the jerky loses ¾ths of that weight in the smoking process
Pw5e TIL that when Michael Foot was put in charge of a nuclear disarmament committee, The Times reportedly announced the news with the headline “Foot Heads Arms Body.”
WXZ8 TIL, After bombing of Hiroshima some people moved to Nagasaki, 165 of these survived both the atomic bombings
yQwOe TIL that some cable networks speed up programming so they can fit in more commercials every hour.
VMVbQ TIL the 1940 Olympics were to be held in Tokyo (summer) and Sapporo (winter), but both were cancelled because of WWII. If the 2020 Olympics are cancelled, Tokyo (and Sapporo, hosting the marathon) will be the only cities to have had the games cancelled twice.