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TIL e.g doesn't stand for "example given", it stands for "exempli gratia" (for example) and i.e stands for "id est" (in other words), and they're not interchangeable.

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b9Yv0 TIL that Stephen Wiltshire, autistic savant who draws detailed landscapes from memory and was featured in a BBC documentary as a child, now has his own gallery in London. A 76m panoramic memory drawing of New York is on display at JFK Airport. He was appointed an MBE in 2006.
b9kbj TIL Donn Tatum was the first non-Disney family member to be president of Walt Disney Productions, following the death of Roy Disney in 1971. He played a major role in the creation of Walt Disney World Resort, EPCOT Center and Tokyo Disneyland
AVRg TIL: The claim that the United States dropped leaflets warning civilians about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is false.
xD95 TIL: The NHL is the only professional sports league among ‘The Big 4’ that does NOT list Marijuana as a banned substance.
jNLAN TIL that blood comes in a rainbow of colors