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TIL there are two schools of grammarians: descriptives and prescriptives. Descriptives create rules based on people's use and what is generally accepted among native speakers. Rules follow the people. Prescriptives create a set of rules and tell everyone to follow them. People follow the rules.

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l7lnK TIL meticulous records were kept of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea from 1392 to 1865. One example of the contents is when King Taejong fell from a horse and immediately told those around him not to let a recorder know about it. Both his fall, and the subsequent command were recorded.
e0nyL TIL that when somebody rings the doorbell on Fuller House, whoever is in the living room says "It's always open!", a reference to the Olsen twins, who have repeatedly rejected requests to appear on the show
XaNQ TIL that The Complete Manual of Suicide, a Japanese book which provides explicit descriptions on various methods of suicide, was first published in 1993 and sold more than one million copies.
PlYE TIL JFK’s last words to Jackie were, “Take off those glasses, Jackie.”
XE4Jr TIL Penguin Australia was forced to destroy 7,000 of its cookbook Pasta Bible after a typo suggested that a dish required "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of "black pepper". The mistake cost the company $20k.