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TIL "URL" means "Uniform Resource Locator"

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wLeGP TIL The Salem witch trials lasted less than 2 years, February 1692 and May 1693, and occurred 55 years after Harvard was founded in 1636. Cotton Mather was denied the presidency of Harvard for his involvement in the witch trials.
P77O TIL Xerox has a program called Social Service Leave that allows employees to take a year off to work for a nonprofit organization while earning their full salary and including job security.
JyEl TIL that when researchers offered kids broccoli or a chocolate bar, four out of five picked the chocolate but when an Elmo sticker was placed on the broccoli, fifty percent chose the broccoli.
Men5W TIL Steve Harvey sent a television for Christmas every year to the Teacher Who Said He'd Never Be on Television.
Vyxm TIL Queen Elizabeth has a Big Mouth Billy Bass that she keeps at the Royal Family summer home