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TIL that one of the most complex Chinese characters, requiring 58 strokes in its traditional form, represents the syllable "biáng", used in the name for a type of noodles. It is so complex that it is missing from most modern dictionaries and is not encoded in Unicode.

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x0Qw TIL after the Make-A-Wish organization offered to fulfill a 6-year-old girl’s request for a playhouse to be built at her home, the Home Owner’s Association where the girl lived refused to allow the construction. Only after a world-wide outpouring of support for the girl’s request did the HOA relent
wLrM6 TIL Two infectious diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.
wLGPY TIL due to a folk belief that people born in certain years have bad personalities, the birth rate in Japan dropped by 30% from 1965 to 1966, and recovered completely in 1967.
xVGxk TIL that goose bumps are considered a vestigal reflex (no longer necessary) in humans; it's purpose in apes is to straighten body hairs to make the animal both appear larger and keep warm.
v1QGD TIL the world's least valuable coin is Uzbekistan’s 1 Tiyin coin; it is worth 0.0000010 of a US dollar (or 1,000 Tiyin = 1 cent)