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TIL diaeresis mark (the two little dots above a vowel) indicates that the second vowel should be pronounced independently of the first. Some examples are naïve, and the given names Chloë and Zoë

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XEMnR TIL of the Goldwater Rule, a rule that prohibits psychiatrists from giving professional opinions about public figures whom they have not examined in person
AD4rB TIL that the first life insurance policy was written in 1583 in London and was for a term of one year. The insured died on day 364. The company underwriting the policy then tried to weasel out of paying by claiming they meant a lunar year (12 months of 28 days each). They lost and had to pay out.
lonY1 TIL Of Michael Malloy, aka Iron Mike, a man who survived being intentionally alcohol poisoned, having cold water poured on him in the snow and being left alone, and being run over twice by a group trying to collect his life insurance
LkQ6r TIL of the Mondragon Corporation, a Basqué company of >70000 workers that operates as a worker's cooperative. It exists as a quasi socialist enterprise in a capitalist system.
jNobQ TIL Equifax hired a music major as chief security officer