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TIL: Mobile Phone Throwing is an official sport that originated in Finland

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GMVQ TIL that the original name for Atlanta, Georgia was Terminus which literally translates to “the end of the line”.
awkDJ TIL that in 2004, Forbes named J.K. Rowling the first person to become a billionaire (in US dollars) from writing books. By 2012, she had donated so much money to charity that they had to remove her from the rich list because she was no longer a billionaire.
OGnoY TIL of the "world's rudest waiter," Edsel Ford Fong, who greeted visitors with an admonition to "Sit down and shut up!" He was known for calling patrons "retarded" and "fat", criticizing people's menu choices and then telling them what they should order, amongst others.
XEMxj TIL Chinese has so many characters that even China’s standard dictionary once forgot to include 30 already used in its preface
mYbO TIL there’s a website called freerice.com that asks you vocabulary questions, and donates 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme for every question you answer correctly.