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TIL In the English language, there is a new word created every 98 minutes or about 14.7 words per day.

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6yVw TIL that, Cards against Humanity bought an island to preserve wildlife
5Y9Zr TIL that Samuel L. Jackson was a functional crack addict for fifteen years.
E15NW TIL that during the cold war, both the United States and the USSR had designated 'Signal Cities' in the opposing countries that, in the event of an escalation of hostilities, would be nuked to indicate strong resolve. It was called 'nuclear signaling'. Kiev and Boston were the cities.
5V1kQ TIL that the Yellow cardinal is rare, can only be found in South America, and is the only member of its own genus known as Gubernatrix.
vaRr TIL Def Jam Records founder Rick Rubin was in a punk band called The Pricks that asked friends to heckle during a gig in order to start a brawl leading to the band being kicked off stage & the show being shut down by a “cop” who was really Rubin’s father, in an effort to create buzz around the band