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TIL sarcasm is believed to boost creativity in all parties involved in the conversation

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0d4Qv TIL that the village of Westward Ho! is the only place in the British Isles with an exclamation mark in its name
P1mLg TIL about King John of France who was captured by England in a war. Released to raise his ransom while his son Louis stayed as a hostage, John returned to captivity voluntarily when Louis escaped, stating, "If good faith were banned from the Earth, she ought to find asylum in the hearts of kings."
pp1N TIL Meerkats are the most murderous known mammal, with almost 20% of meerkats being killed by one of their own. The average among all mammals is just 0.3%.
5VPBB TIL that underneath Paul Klee's famous paining "Angelus Novus," which inspired Walter Benjamin's "angel of history," lies a portrait of the radical early modern theologian Martin Luther.
6BW8 TIL that Tommy Chong, while in jail, convinced stock broker Jordan Belfont to write a memoir about his story on Wall Street. That story turned out to be The Wolf on Wall Street