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TIL that in 2010 the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay switched to from Ariel to Century Gothic as their default email font because it uses 30% less ink when printed out.

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ANLLl TIL of FK Arkadag, a football club founded by the former Turkmenistan President in 2023. This non-corrupt team is so good that they were included in the Turkmenistan top flight right from its foundation and would go on to win 2 league titles and 1 Turkmenistan Cup, winning EVERY game along the way.
v1jPK TIL The Russians showed up 12 days late to the 1908 Olympics in London because they were using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.
xV9a5 TIL Greco-Buddhists were the first to carve statues of the Buddha, with the classical Greek emphasis on realism. According to their statues, the bump on top of Buddha's head is his wavy hair tied in a man-bun.
4jow TIL in 2013 there was a Japanese reality show called “Orgasm Wars”, in which a gay man tries to make a straight man climax by giving him a blowjob for 40 minutes
R4A7 TIL in ancient Mesopotamia the Code of Hammurabi dictated that tavern owners, usually women, who watered down wine be sentenced to death by drowning.