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TIL that Spanish is Louis C.K.’s first language. He began to learn English when he moved to the U.S. at age seven

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KOnDQ TIL That the Nobel prizes (~$1mil USD each) are paid out of the interest earned on the fund left behind by Alfred Nobel's will. Not the fund itself.
4LX6 TIL That Japan is Re-Arming because of China
nk0r TIL that today is World Standards Day. Except in the US, which celebrates it on 23 October.
yQPE8 TIL that Aaron Burr went broke speculatively buying parcels of land in upstate New York. He did this while living on twenty-six acres in what would become some of downtown NYC's most prime real estate.
p89GA TIL most people incorrectly use the word “jealous” when they should be using “envious”. Jealousy is when you’re afraid you will lose something, envy is when you want something someone else has.