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TIL Jules Verne's shelved 1863 novel "Paris in the Twentieth Century" predicted gas-powered cars, fax machines, electric street lighting, maglev trains, the record industry, the internet. His publisher deemed it pessimistic and lackluster. It was discovered in 1989 and published 5 years later.

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XEWEP TIL as the child of an international lawyer, Jeopardy! "Greatest of All Time" champion and interim host Ken Jennings grew up in South Korea and Singapore. He only began living in the United States permanently upon admission to the University of Washington in the 1990s.
b9lo4 TIL in 1998 a 23 year old man in Ohio choked to death on a live goldfish he tried to swallow on a dare. In response to if anyone would be charged for the man’s death, a police officer stated “If I dare you to jump off a bridge and you do it and you’re 23 years of age, you’re stupid.”
rVR0 TIL: Adobe tried to outlaw photoshop as a verb in their TOS preferring: “The image was enhanced using Adobe® Photoshop® software.” instead of “The image was photoshopped.”
OobkX TIL of a South Korean illegal pornography ring that targets young women and minors; only a handful of the monsters affiliated with the group, including a K-Pop star, has been brought to "justice" and the rest's still on the loose.
m75Y TIL nothing comes after “Thrice”. Once, Twice, and Thrice are the only words of their type.