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TIL that “bigly” is a real, legitimate word. It’s the adverb form of “big”.

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8Y4P TIL Everest is not the furthest point from the Earth’s center. It’s a volcano in Ecuador called Chimborazo due the Earth being wider at the equator.
v1PR7 TIL that 2 Chilean artists built a home entirely out of glass after their previous home was destroyed in an earthquake
yElp TIL that thre is a small village named Shingo in Japan, which by its inhabitants is believed to be the last resting place of Jesus. They believe that instead of Jesus his brother Isukiri died on the cross and Jesus fled to Japan to become a rice farmer.
x4Bb TIL that Google’s first interactive doodle, Pac-man, was so popular that it cost the global economy an estimated 122 million dollars in lost productivity
a8dWN TIL that the largest urban area by population outside of Asia is São Paulo, Brazil