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TIL if you type “askew” into Google, the search page comes up askew.

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jNLEa TIL that 21st century humans grow taller, and reach sexual maturity earlier than ever before in recorded history
GY8og TIL there were plans to have a spinoff show of "The Office" with Dwight Schrute running a bed-and-breakfast and beet farm. It was never picked up, but the pilot was filmed and later added into the ninth season of the show, titled "The Farm".
WkvgA TIL that one hotel owner's refusal to serve another's daughter fried chicken led to the second man building a rival hotel in right next door. Locals referred to it as the 'Fried Chicken War'
Yae7 TIL that the Coen Brothers mistakenly cast Josh Brolin as the star of “No Country For Old Men” thinking that they were casting his father, James Brolin.
9YAk6 TIL Sand is the most valuable natural resource on the planet second to only water. The annual world consumption of sand is estimated to be 15 billion tons, with a respective trade volume of 70 billion dollar