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TIL That the dot above an i or j is called a tittle.

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X9X6 TIL Master Chief is 6'10" without armour and 7'2" with armour.
N7Ryb TiL The Soviets Reversed engineered an air to air missle when in 1958 a MiG-17 hit by a American Sidewinder missle survived the impact and returned to its base with the missile still embedded in it.
9YxyQ TIL that South America has a growing hippo population, thanks to Pablo Escobar
9Ymkm TIL an art dealer’s estate included a collage involving a stuffed golden eagle. The IRS valued the work at $65 million, however, the estate argued it was worth $0 as its illegal to sell eagles. As neither party could sell the art, the dispute was settled by donating it to a museum.
neGw7 TIL in 1987 Jeremy Clarkson used to write Amstrad CPC video game reviews for the magazine Amstrad Computer User.