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TIL of the ultimate WWI Glory Hole. A latrine and a hole in a paper shack lead to a technological discovery that lead to pinpointing enemy artillery

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MYma TIL that in Return of the Jedi, the Ewoks spoke in high-speed Tibetan.
gMdDD TIL Pantone 448 C, the "world's ugliest color" according to research, is used by many European countries on their tobacco products to dissuade people from smoking.
MeYJK TIL Taiwan has the offices of "Sacrificial Official to Confucius", "Sacrificial Official to Mencius", "Sacrificial Official to Zengzi" and "Sacrificial Official to Yan Hui", held by the eldest descendent of these persons; before 1935, they were nobility titles
1aX1O TIL, In Greek, Beta is pronounced like a V and MP is used in place of B
xwR1 TIL Actor Samuel L. Jackson had a stuttering problem as a child and still sometimes battles with it today. To combat the stutter he uses the curse word “motherf**ker” as an affirmation word.