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TIL “i.e.” isn’t shorthand for “for example”, and actually means “in other words”. Whereas “e.g.” should be used to say “for example”

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pgxZ TIL a surgical antiseptic was distilled and sold as a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea, then was then re-marketed as what we know now as Listerine.
kOvx5 TIL one of the animators from Robot Chicken (and PES) uses a modified NES Power Glove as a custom animation tool
G757 TIL that during the filming of Star Trek (2009) Zachary Quinto could not manage to properly do the Vulcan salute. Eventually, JJ Abrams had to glue his fingers together in order for Quinto to do it correctly.
PWaJ TIL the city of Glasgow spends an estimated £10,000 each year removing traffic cones from the head of the statue of the Duke of Wellington.
woYnM TIL about Edward Bernays, who helped Lucky Strike co-opt the feminist movement to get women to smoke