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TIL that oxymoron is one itself. “oxy” = sharp, “moron” = “dull” - which also makes it an autological word.

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R5mJ4 TIL that in April 2022 the UK government added Hepatitis B to emergency testing when people came to the ER. The results were that 1 in 300 people were diagnosed with Hepatitis B.
jgwn TIL when a city in Indiana replaced all their signaled intersections with roundabouts, construction costs dropped $125,000, gas savings reached 24k gallons/year per roundabout, injury accidents dropped 80%, and total accidents dropped 40%.
9plB TIL That now the average Canadian is richer than the average American
5B98 TIL that it took Pearl Jam around 70 times to record the song ‘Even Flow’, With guitarist Mike McCready stating, “I swear to God it was a nightmare. We played that thing over and over until we hated each other.”
pOlQ TIL that the right-brain left-brain personality split is only a myth.