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TIL that First, Second, and Third World referred to political affiliations during the cold war (NATO, Warsaw, Unaffiliated) and not about the strength of a country's economy.

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lLwG TIL that there is a programming language called INTERCAL which have keywords like IGNORE, PLEASE , FORGET. If you don’t use PLEASE enough times while coding,Compiler rejects the code.
NeEN TIL President Nixon’s favorite meal was cottage cheese mixed with ketchup.
wL7V8 TIL Before Benedict Cumberbatch joined the cast of "The Imitation Game", Warner Bros. bought the screenplay for a reported 7-figure sum because of Leonardo DiCaprio's interest in playing Turing. However, DiCaprio didn't come on board and the rights of the script reverted to the screenwriter.
PDrE TIL Alexander The Great named around 70 cities after himself.
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