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TIL the term “Glory Hole” originated in glass blowing. It is the hole providing access to a furnace used to reheat a piece of glass in between steps in the process.

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kOdd1 TIL about a 2000 year old Roman era tomb in Jordan whose walls hold 260 figures painted in narrative scenes with comic-style speech bubbles. The 60 odd texts painted in black appear to be Aramaic using Greek letters and are considered one of oldest versions of comic design.
GKE4 TIL that, following Kanye West’s infamous interruption of Taylor Swift at the MTV VMA’s, Comedy Central aired the South Park episode “Fishsticks”, which prominently lampoons West’s ego problems, four times back-to-back.
doar TIL Kenya’s national motto is “Harambe”
6EOJ8 TIL Ariel Castro, the kidnapper who locked up and abused 3 missing girls including Amanda Berry for 10 years, committed suicide one month into his 1,000 year prison sentence.
W1J8 TIL that the only person to win the grand prize on the game show “Moment of Truth” answered the final question by admitting that she believed her polygamist father had had sex with a minor.