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TIL of Poe's Law: Without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views that can't be mistaken for a sincere expression of said extreme views.

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6nyY TIL Cats only meow towards Humans. In the wild they never meow.
gMpP9 TIL that Ryoki Inoue is the world’s most prolific writer alive. The Brazilian author has published 1090 books under thirty-nine pseudonyms.
p8X1N TIL that the most common noun in the English language, and the 55th most common word overall, is “time”.
eaX4 TIL A&T offered a 900 number ($2 first minute, $0.45 for each additional minute) where callers could hear the live ground loop during shuttle missions. This was also used for up-to-the-minute details of Voyager’s encounter with Neptune.
gMbZy TIL Seltzer water was invented in 1740 by William Brownrigg but never published. Joseph Priestley invented it independently and on accident in 1767 at a brewery in Leeds, England.