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TIL the most complex word in the English language is "run", with 645 possible different meanings.

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e0dgk TIL that the reason why 420 is associated with weed is because of some high schoolers in the 1970s. 4:20 pm was the perfect time to goof around and smoke weed. It’s right after school and before parents got home. It just ended up being code for smoking weed.
9YnDB TIL that the first letters of the episode titles for season one of The Owl House spell out, "A WITCH LOSES A TRUE WAY".
MVl0 TIL that there was a 15mi long island that was charted on maps since 1774, only to discover in 2012 that it never existed in the first place.
wZr1 TIL after Psycho’s release Hitchcock received an angry letter from the father of a girl who refused to bathe after seeing Diabolique and now refused to shower after seeing Psycho. Hitchcock sent a note back simply saying “Send her to the dry cleaners.”
9YBEm TIL when an American tried to mention Stephen Hawking as an example of how any country that wasn't America would have let Hawking die, Hawking snapped back and stated the only reason he was alive was due to the NHS and the United Kingdom.