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TIL That many competitive Scrabble players quit playing competitively after hundreds of “offensive” words were banned, including racial slurs, sexuality and gender insults.

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grM9A TIL The Catholic Church has paid out over $3bn in the US to settle various abuse lawsuits
pYYnp TIL BMW ran an April Fools ad saying they were giving away a free car. Only one woman showed up in her 15-year old station wagon.. so they gave her a free car. On top of that, her old car was sold off and the proceeds were donated to children with disabilities
9YZ4X TIL the owner of the Segway company died falling off a cliff - on a Segway.
or1W TIL Pakistan is the third largest English speaking country by population, behind India and the US, with around 49% of the population speaking English
dwar TIL Dr. Dre once beat the crap out of a female TV host who aired a segment he didn’t like and responded with “she deserved it”