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TIL no deaths are necessary for the crime of genocide to have been committed.

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mx6kv TIL Tolkein popularised "dwarves" as the plural of "dwarf" to differentiate his fantasy dwarves from humans with dwarfism, for whom the correct plural was "dwarfs". The dwarf trope became so entrenched that "dwarves" is now widely recognised as the standard plural of "dwarf" even for humans
EXW TIL Matthew Perry (“Chandler” from Friends) played Fallout 3 so often that he had to see a doctor for his hands.
Z8VwR TIL White Castle is the oldest burger chain, beating out McDonald's by 27 years
698Rl TIL that Australia is wider than the moon, depending on how you measure.
kJrQm TIL that the entire state of Michigan was poisoned in 1973