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TIL that British lawyers, judges, and some roles of parliament still wear old-timey white wigs

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E1Rro TIL about numeronyms, words where a number is used to form an abbreviation. One of its uses is to replace the letters between the first and last letter in a word with the number of letters omitted. Thus, “internationalization” becomes “i18n”!
rRvad TIL of the “Desert of Maine,” a 40 acre tract of sand dunes caused by soil erosion from poor farming techniques. The area resembles a desert and has become a tourist attraction.
0dA7v TIL the roar in the MGM lion is really a tiger
oByLW TIL the inspiration for Macintosh computers came from 1970's Xerox technology
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