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TIL there is a Microsoft Excel Esports World Championship held annually.

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R7nr6 TIL Ivan is just the Slavic variant of the name “John”
oeQA TIL that there is a hanging display in Chicago of 58,226 dog tags of every American soldier killed in Vietnam.
wOR8 TIL that in 2017, the US will experience its first total solar eclipse since 1979, and that people from several countries are already trying to make hotel reservations―years in advance!
Egob7 TIL that McVitie's Digestive got its name from the high amount of sodium bicarbonate in it. The inventor theorized that eating the biscuits after a large meal would be beneficial to one's health. Now, they print a disclaimer on them that says, “The biscuit's ingredients lack digestive aids”
7X8r TIL that bug zappers can spread a mist containing insect parts up to 2.1 m from the device, meaning air around the bug zapper can become contaminated by bacteria and viruses that can be inhaled by people or settle on food.