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TIL the expression 'oi' was voted to be the 61st most beautiful word in the English language by a poll of non-English speakers in 2004. It was added to US Scrabble in 2006.

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A1Xw TIL In 2005, a German court upheld the right of citizens to flirt at work in response to Wal-Mart Germany’s policy banning any sign of attraction b/w its workers. The court said that such regulations may be acceptable in the US, they are incompatible w/ German labor law & employees’ personal rights.
nZ9 TIL there are 4 different theories of Parallel Universes, Levels 1,2,3 & 4!
kJl5W TIL that both silver and copper were worthless when the silver currency entirely collapsed in the third century CE. The only things that could support the Roman economy at this point were gold and products in kind. In actuality, it was this that ended the economic crisis of the third century.
4Xgaw TIL: The band Chicago was so fond of cocaine that during a tour in the 1970's they put a fake phone booth on stage called the "Snortitorium" so they could do lines mid-concert without going backstage.
mx0op TIL that the blue whale is the biggest animal to have ever existed on Earth, surpassing even the biggest of dinosaurs