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TIL jenga is Swahili for build

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M7ewK TIL UPS received 164,580 summonses for illegal parking in New York City in 2018. It ultimately paid $14 million in fines, but thanks to a deal with the city, it saved up to $3.2 million.
VBdkp TIL Dalai Lama is a Mongolian title. It is a combination of the Mongolic word dalai meaning "ocean" or "great" (coming from Mongolian title Dalaiyin qan or Dalaiin khan, translated as Gyatso or rgya-mtsho in Tibetan) and the Tibetan word བླ་མ་ (bla-ma) meaning "master, guru"
NX4Ve TIL In the 19th and 20th century, there were dozens of documented cases of people's teeth exploding in their mouths. Primitive metal fillings were suspected to be the cause.
NnyP TIL a mailman noticed a dead body on the porch of a home he was delivering mail to, dismissed it as a Halloween prop and continued on his route. It was the dead homeowner who collapsed and died coming home from work.
gjgD TIL Eye-wear is getting too costly because a single company Luxottica controls 80% of the major brands in the $28 billion global eyeglasses industry.