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TIL learned is not a typo, it is the american spelling for learnt

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R7R44 TIL during the 2012 London Olympic NBC aired a promo for the Today Show congratulating Missy Franklin on winning the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke minutes before the network aired the time-delayed footage of the event.
wLoAE TIL during a François Hollande speech two people got shot accidentally, when a police sniper securing the event from a roof top unintentionally discharged his weapon
yQ5JX TIL The 6th biggest Pyramid in the world was built in 1991 and is a BassPro Shops Megastore.
l86V TIL The human body is made up of about 100 trillion cells, and by a remarkable numerical coincidence that is the same number of atoms in a human cell.
oNEr TIL traditional Samoans valued a bride’s virginity so much, the chief would break her hymen in public so the entire tribe could see his bloody fingers.