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TIL that black people saying “aks” instead of “ask” is a ‘Recency Illusion’: the use of “aks” in place of “ask” dates back to the 1600s and Middle English, and is not a recent development.

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QWEE TIL that not all the Snapple Facts are true, and one cap even says “Half of all Snapple ‘Real Facts’ are actually fake.”
pkDb TIL in 1964 the FBI attempted to blackmail Martin Luther King Jr. into suicide by threatening to make public his sexual indiscretions.
xg95 TIL on 5 March 1945, a Gurkha soldier in the British army calmly stood up in open sight and killed a sniper pinning down his company before going on to clear 5 enemy bunkers, single-handedly, all whilst under heavy fire.
w9wP TIL Charlie Chaplin first came to America because he thought he was inheriting money. It was actually for a meeting with producers, which started his film career.
7rRJb TIL that the Philippine Aerospace Development Corp. was abolished after 45 years for failing to develop a single aircraft.