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TIL that Harry Potter books were translated from British to American English.

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X8XQ TIL that a business in Texas still uses a 1949 IBM 402 punched card computer. It still runs all of its accounting work (payroll, sales, and inventory) through the IBM 402.
16kM7 TIL Ratan Tata’s illustrious life
0L1p TIL the word myriad means 10,000, but it can also mean a generically large number. It’s also okay to say “there’s myriad cats” or “there’s a myriad of cats”
e06Rn TIL Dan White, killer of Harvey Milk and the mayor of San Francisco, was charged with Voluntary Manslaughter rather than murder. The Defense had argued that White's mental state was impaired by depression, as proven by him recently eating sugary foods. This became known as the "Twinkie Defense."
RPRw TIL Mother Teresa considered suffering a gift from God and was criticized for her clinics’ lack of care and malnutrition of patients.