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TIL the gender-neutral term for a niece or nephew is “nibling”

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5pOP TIL George RR Martin types with one finger only
VMZJ8 TIL that the most expensive new car ever sold is the Bugatti La Voiture Noire in 2019, which was sold at $18.7 million and its pretax price stands at €11 million or $12.3 million
g5b7 TIL a working-class couple in Harlem with no expertise amassed a collection of art worth over $10 million by slowly buying works directly from up-and-coming artists. Their strategy? “We bought what we liked”
BgakK TIL that a taphophile is an individual who has a passion for and enjoyment of cemeteries, epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, photography, art, and history of (famous) deaths.
7rLb TIL The longest free-fall in history was 102,800 feet, done by Joseph Kittinger. He fell from outer-space, reaching a speed of 614 mph.