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

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nWvoY TIL that the richest person in the world is France's Bernard Arnault (with a net worth of $214.4 billion), and that he got his start in the luxury goods industry when he bought Christian Dior in 1985 for $15 million, using money from his father’s successful construction business.
jNj4X TIL Japanese researchers have created a fire-alarm for the deaf. It’s a gadget that emits a wasabi mist which will wake the endangered person and get them out of the building alive!
Dm5r TIL that Billy Crystal’s character, Miracle Max, in the Princess Bride was so funny that it nearly stopped the production of the movie. One actor bruised a rib from clenching to try not to laugh.
OGXyR TIL that Billie Austin Bryant spent the shortest amount of time as an FBI Most Wanted fugitive. After escaping prison and robbing a bank, Bryant murdered 2 FBI agents, earning him a spot on the Most Wanted list. He was found hiding in a neighbour's attic only 2 hours later.
D1w1r TIL Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. when making a propaganda film about how well Prisoners Of War were being treated in north Vietnam blinked in Morse code the word 'T-O-R-T-U-R-E.