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TIL English is the only language to capitalize the first-person pronoun “I”

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dvpd TIL in 1994, American Michael Fay was sentenced to caning in Singapore for theft and vandalism. Caning is a routine sentence in Singapore, but its unfamiliarity to Americans created a backlash. The number of strokes in Fay’s sentence was reduced from 6 to 4 after U.S. officials requested leniency
dn58 TIL Michael Jordan was fined $5000 for every game that he wore Air Jordans (as shoes violated NBA league policy). He made an estimated $90 million in 2013, more than any other active or retired athlete, largely from Nike royalties.
16OV4 TIL that Jerry Seinfeld turned down $5 million per episode (almost $10 million in today's money) to make a 10th season of ''Seinfeld''
L1p9 TIL: Horse-sized ducks lived in Australia 20,000 to 50,000 years ago.
w8O1 TIL an atheist man started a faux pet-rescue service that would pick up your pets in the event of the rapture