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TIL a new typeface, called Sans Forgetica, was designed to help students remember what they read by making reading slightly more difficult

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1ElV TIL that George Clooney was paid more to make Ocean’s Eleven (20 million) than his character earned from robbing casinos (12.3 million).
bDXZ TIL English words for livestock (cow, sheep, chicken) are Germanic-based and the words for meats (beef, mutton, poultry) are French-based. This is because the people who raised the animals were Anglo-Saxon peasants and the people who ate them were Norman aristocrats.
O8na TIL the Church of England considers the character of Mewtwo to be a good Christian Role Model
jv0E TIL More children die because of faith-based medical neglect in Idaho than in any other US state.
wGDP TIL members of the Rockabilly community dress themselves, drive cars, decorate their houses, and run their families like it’s the 1950s.