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TIL Sic is an adverb used to indicate that quoted matter is transcribed exactly, including any errors. Use of sic greatly increased in the mid-twentieth century, with a major factor being the use of sic as a form of ridicule.

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V7lZ TIL a 2004 study of 43 fruits and vegetables found that their nutritional value has decreased significantly over the past 50 years.
b4y9 TIL that for $12,500 (slightly more than average funeral costs) you can have your remains launched into deep space
Y7Xvx TIL that dozens of African elephants are killed each day for their tusks and meat. The illegal ivory trade threatens the survival of these creatures and leaves hundreds of calves orphaned and almost certain to die.
kJJMg TIL that by 1935 the life expectancy of an S&P 500 company was 90 years. By 2010, it was only 14 years and shrinking
d86DK TIL of Íslendingabók (the Book of Icelanders), an online geneaological database formed for anti-incest purposes and because of the fact that all native Icelanders are somehow related.