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TIL the punctuation mark "?!" Is called an Interrobang.

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jNa8N TIL that we still don’t know what greek fire is or how to make it.
jNpnp TIL Rich kids perform better in the Marshmallow Test. A marshmallow is put in front of a child. If they manage 15 mins without eating it, they can have another one. The ability to resist the marshmallow is mainly determined by the child's social and economic background.
pQNZ TIL When dogs breathe in, 12% of the inhaled air is taken into special “nose lungs” full of olfactory sensors.
mxrRp TIL Precision refers to how tightly clustered your data is; accuracy refers to how close that data is to the real value. You might have a dozen miscalibrated thermometers that all tell you the wrong temperature with a very high degree of precision.
4kR8o TIL In Catholicism, the sin of gluttony can simply involve being too demanding about how your food looks and tastes.