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TIL that while a majority of nations call the country “Finland”, the Finnish people refer to their country’s name as “Suomi” instead.

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Zxgv TIL Bianca Lawson has been acting in teenager roles for the past 20 years, from being a high school student in Saved By the Bell: The New Class in 1993 to Pretty Little Liars in 2013.
6Ex8Q TIL that YouTube was created because co-creator Jawed Karim couldn’t easily find a place to view a clip of the Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime breast incident online
DrYV TIL We spend up to 47 percent of our waking lives letting our minds wander.
90RD TIL in 1956 Paul Hogan shocked the art world by unhooking an Impressionist masterpiece from a wall in the Tate Gallery (London) and carrying it calmly out of the gallery. Despite being photographed by journalists while he was stealing it, he’s never been prosecuted.
JYpZ4 TIL Edward de Vere (17th Earl of Oxford) did not go into voluntary exile for farting while bowing to the Queen - as commonly reported. He was exiled from court for impregnating one of the Queen's maid's of honour.