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TIL “OK” is said to be the most commonly used word in the world, and is an acronym of disputed origin.

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ADdyd TIL there is a group of genes (HOX) that code for the proper formation of limbs in most animals. When flies have defective HOX genes, instead of antenas, they grow more legs
5YyrR TIL the tradition of a “short snorter” began with 1920s Alaskan bush pilots. They would sign banknotes for each other, and if they ever met again, and whoever didn't have it would owe a (short) drink. The term came to mean a roll of banknotes joined and covered with signatures.
0dRp1 TIL in 1999, financial analyst Harry Markopolos had informed the SEC that he believed it was legally and mathematically impossible to achieve the gains Bernie Madoff claimed. It took four minutes to conclude that his numbers did not add up, and another minute to suspect they were fraudulent.
OYag T.I.L. that Clowns International, the oldest clown registry in the world, keeps a gallery of eggs painted with individual member’s makeup patterns. Whenever a member dies, their egg is smashed. It works as a form of copyright.
VPA4 TIL that Coelacanths were thought to be extinct since the cretaceous period, yet they were discovered alive in 1938