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TIL Bugs Bunny accidentally transformed the word nimrod into a synonym for idiot because nobody got a joke where he sarcastically compared Elmer Fudd to the Biblical figure Nimrod, a mighty hunter.

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gM5gL Today I learned about Geek Code, a compact language of numbers and symbols used by self-described "Geeks" to inform other geeks about all aspects of their personality, appearance, interests, skills, and opinions.
WMZA TIL Halle Berry attended a Star Trek screening and mistook an audience member for Trek’s Klingon Michael Dorn. When the man refused to say he was Dorn, Berry became angry, stood up during the movie, screamed and stomped out.
R5xOQ TIL that "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams spent 16 consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, still the longest uninterrupted run ever on that chart
G8vQ TIL: scientists discovered that Bowhead whales live past 200 years when they found fragments of a 200 year harpoon lodged in a living one
gMeZb TIL in 2018 a German city produced souvenir €0 banknotes to honor the 200th birthday of Karl Marx, the father of Communism.