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TIL the ATU Index is a system used to classify folktale types within Folklore Studies. For example, tale types 400–424 all feature brides or wives as the primary protagonist, for instance The Quest for a Lost Bride (400) or the Animal Bride (402).

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5YQYQ TIL of May 35th, the date Chinese dissidents use to fool the censors when commemorating the anniversary of Tiananmen Square, June 4th, 1989
MDlm TIL that when silly putty comes into contact with alcohol, it will lose its properties, and become flammable when submerged in hot or warm water.
v4V4 TIL that doing your job exactly by the rules laid out is a way labor can do a strike while not actually striking.
R5rjj TIL that one of the earliest examples of ASCII art appears in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll (1865): Chapter III includes "A Long Tale" in the shape of a mouse's tail.
N7MOb TIL levels of oxytocin (the trust hormone) are boosted in both the human and the dog when both make eye contact