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TIL IN 2018 homicides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada exceeded that of New York City

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4a8X TIL that M&M’s actually stands for “Mars & Murrie’s,” the last names of the candy’s founders.
5Ky9 TIL of the Crooked Forest, a grove in trees in Poland that grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks. No one knows why they grow like this.
ogpW TIL that women are responsible for 90% of modern language changes, with teenage girls historically having been the linguistic innovators
yVGa TIL Shigeru Miyamoto (creator of Mario, Zelda, Star Fox etc) doesn’t like Donkey Kong Country, claiming it “proves that gamers will be willing to play a mediocre game if it has good graphics”.
0l4v TIL a butt load is an actual unit of measurement, equal to two hogsheads.