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TIL - Each language uses a different quote system. Some will use double angle quotes, others single curved quotes, sometimes in high position, sometimes in low position

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oRpl8 TIL a man named Christopher Thomas Knight ran out of gas in rural Maine in 1986, entered the woods, and lived there for 27 years without human contact.
d8JXr TIL that July 17 is National Yellow Pig Day, which is a celebration of the number 17, but also involves a yellow pig with 17 eyelashes, toes, teeth, etc.
gOjL TIL Christian propagandists produced a found-footage horror film about a family being terrorized by a box of porn
8nKK TIL As of May 2015, 2.3 Million Americans still subscribed to AOL Dial Up Internet.
ZGZD TIL in Germany there are elevators with no doors that never stop. The riders must be ready to hop on at the right time or risk being “guillotined” by the lifts.