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TIL English accounts for about 52% of the Internet

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0dNo1 TIL When the printing press made its debut in Europe in the 15th century, thousands of old texts were 'recycled' for use as binding material for newer books. In 2015, researchers at Leiden University started using an x-ray technique to reveal these texts. Some are up to 1,300 years old.
Y1QG TIL: An early draft of Charlie and the Chocolate factory featured a sixth child, Miranda Piker, and she met her untimely demise when she was ground into powder by one of Willy Wonka’s candy machines after refusing to listen to him.
kOwg4 TIL that the name of the eponymous character "STAN" from Eminem's biggest hit song of the same name ,has given rise to a slang term online which refers to overzealous, maniacal, overly obsessed fans of a celebrity or personality; the term has since been included in the Oxford English Dictionary.
eoLk TIL during World War II, the British secret service set up fake charities to distribute care packages with special copies of the board game Monopoly to prisoners of war in Germany. The game contained real compasses; metal files; French, German, and Italian money; and maps.
OoN0Y TIL that "Big Ben" is not a clock, a tower, or even a building. It is the name of the large bell that is located inside Elizabeth tower.