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TIL the '@' symbol in email addresses has no official name.

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8arPX TIL Courtney Love, as a five year old, appeared in the band & crew photo on the back of the Grateful Dead's 1969 Aoxomoxoa Album.
xVEG0 TIL for millennia Autism and other sudden disabilities was explained by the Changeling folklore. A fairy or demon would steal a normal baby and replace them with their own child in disguise. The Changeling would cry, scream, not display social behavior, or just become completely unresponsive.
J55V TIL Every year since the year 2000 has been the hottest on record.
8exlV TIL that the term "Cyber Monday" dates to the early 2000s and refers to a time when most people still had dial-up internet at home and would use their employers' high-speed internet connections to shop online upon returning to work after Thanksgiving break.
OorMe TIL that Barbara Hutton was worth the equivalent of over $1 billion in the 1930s, but due to her extreme generosity, died with only $3500. She married 7 times: a Georgian prince, a Danish count, actor Cary Grant, a Russian prince, a notorious Dominican playboy, a German baron, and a Cambodian prince