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TIL By typing “=lorem()” in Microsoft Word and pressing enter, you can generate several pages of nonsense

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Brgjr TIL ABC only aired "Clerks: The Animated Show" twice before canceling it. They aired the fourth episode first, and then aired the second episode despite the fact that the second episode is a 'flashback' episode, and derives much of its humor from the fact that it flashes back to the first episode.
ne9GG TIL the food court at Costco makes so much money selling pizza to hungry shoppers, it's ranked as the 14th largest pizza chain in the US - even beating out California Pizza Kitchen, among others
LRdm TIL the spire of the Empire State Building was originally constructed as a tethering post for zeppelins and other airships
kOA07 TIL the world record for the loudest thing ever shouted belongs to an Irish female teacher who shouted the word “quiet” at 121 decibels, the equivalent of a jet engine.
WkYYo TIL a single Dutch snack restaurant holds the registered name Wendy’s since 1988 in the Benelux (=Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg), blocking American fast-food chain Wendy’s to settle in Europe, even after Wendy’s (US) went to court to try to get the trademark registration dropped.