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TIL tagging content on social media (I.e. hashtags) falls into a classification system called Folksonomy.

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avp9 TIL that Marvel Comics owned the trademark to the word “zombie” until 1996
RZPa TIL in 2009 WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton was turned down for a job at Facebook, 5 years later Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion.
LAN0 TIL (then VP) Calvin Coolidge learned of President Harding’s death while visiting his parent’s home in Vermont. His father, a notary public, used a family bible to administer the oath of office to his son, swearing him in as President of the United States.
X1kr TIL only 8% of the outdoor statues of people in the US are of women
ORLg TIL that biliverdin, the pigment that gives robin eggs their blue color, is the same pigment that makes bruises look blue.