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TIL JRR Tolkien typed the entirety of the Lord of the Rings using a two finger pecking style

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7aLM TIL There is a pickpocket who can steal your sunglasses off your face.
5E9D TIL that there are more words in the “with” family besides “without” and “within.” There are also “withover” and “withunder”, meaning “greater than or equal to” and “less than or equal to”, respectively.
9wMJm TIL a severely injured pigeon saved 194 men during WW1
nee09 TIL Wilfred Owen, WWI poet and author of 'Dulce Et Decorum Est', was gay.
Onrg TIL that Coke in a glass bottle “tastes better” because it’s made with sugar instead of corn syrup.