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TIL U+3164 (Hangul Filler) is a Unicode character that looks completely blank but isn’t. It was originally designed as a placeholder for Korean syllables, and today it’s also used in odd text tricks, like blank-looking messages.

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6nQX TIL of Neuroscientist Benjamin Libet’s idea of consciousness that is sometimes called “Free Won’t”: that our unconscious makes all our decisions for us, and the only free will we have is to “veto” its choices
8aknb TIL: Howard Ulrich and his 7-year old son were fishing in Lituya Bay, Alaska, in 1958 when a landslide generated a 1,720ft tsunami, the largest in recorded history. He and his son both miraculously survived, being found nearly a mile from where they were anchored at the time the wave hit their boat.
Zx5D TIL that the reason why most brands of glasses are expensive is that there is a monopoly in the industry.
OoG97 TIL the first tv commercial of the world was aired on july 1941 in USA. the name of the company was Bulova watches. the ad was shown befofe a baseball match between brooklyn dodgers and philidelphia phillies.
NX6lJ TIL Aoshima, an island in Japan, has more cats than humans and has become a tourist destination thanks to its cat population.