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TIL: of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only one exists today - the Pyramids.

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PKEZ TIL acronyms are said like words, while initialisms are individual letters. For example, NATO is an acronym and FBI is an initialism.
b9pr0 TIL that 3 Honolulu firefighters were killed and 6 others injured after being attacked by Japanese planes while fighting fires at Hickam Field during the Pearl Harbor bombing. For their peacetime heroism, all 9 men received Purple Hearts, making them the only firefighters to awarded as such to date.
DQPJD TIL that the city of York, England, had a store called "Ghost Merchants", specialized in the craft and sell of "York Ghosts", little figures of ghosts decorated with colors and details, a tradition that trace back to the victorian age.
5YMLP TIL using two spaces after a period is absolutely wrong.
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