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TIL: A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase.

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X0x68 TIL that astronomers suggest Earth and the Milky Way may lie inside a vast, under-dense cosmic void about 1 billion light-years wide, which could affect local measurements of the universe’s expansion rate.
MV7a TIL there is a plan to elect the US president by popular vote that doesn’t require a constitutional change and it 49% complete.
oNN7 TIL: A man rescued an abandoned baby to find out that he was the baby’s father.
W7wm8 TIL that in 2004 the owner of the Marineland amusement park in Canada purchased a nearby trailer park for an expansion and evicted all 47 families living there, leading to the suicide of 63 year old Paula Millard. The expansion never happened and the lot is still abandoned.
YLRA TIL that during 1996 democratic convention Al Gore said, “I would like to demonstrate for you the Al Gore version of the Macarena”, then remained motionless for a few seconds, and eventually asked, “Would you like to see it again?”