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TIL following the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, rope sales in hardware stores skyrocketed.

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0wODA TIL 11 Different Versions of Captain America's To-Do List Appeared in Various International Releases of Captain America: The Winter Soldier; the German One Included Currywurst
Mr1B TIL that there is religion called “Googlism” and the Church of Google claims that Google is the closest humans have come to encountering god (as typically defined). There are 9 proofs that Google is god. And Google is a she.
b9rB7 TIL that in the past, the natives of Tonga would cut off finger tips and offer them to the Gods. They did this to cure a sick relative. This resulted in a severe shortage of finger tips.
WoXA TIL Pies were named in the Middle Ages after their most common ingredient, magpie.
rRaPy TIL that port 666 is reserved by the IANA, the official body that oversees IP address allocations on the internet, for playing 'Doom'.