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TIL there is a proposed punctuation mark for irony and sarcasm, but due to lack of adoption it remains unused

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4XpBa TIL there was a heatwave in Russia back in 2010 that killed 55,736 people, with 700 people dying in Moscow every day
YDQr TIL “The Powerpuff Girls” were originaly called “The Whoopass Girls”
k884 TIL During the Middle Ages the Church tolerated prostitution because it helped to prevent rape, sodomy, and masturbation, which it saw as worse
N7B5P TIL that in 2009, the government of the Maldives held an underwater cabinet meeting in a symbolic cry for help over rising sea levels that threaten the country's existence
XEvm6 TIL lawns take up a roughly equally sized area of the US as Texas does