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TIL the Irish word “bhfaighidh” is one syllable.

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ADxAn TIL that 11 U.S. states have Privacy in their constitution. Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Washington, unlike the U.S. constitution.
E4Dx TIL a horse cannot vomit
DQddV Today I Learned KFC sponsored a short film called "A Recipe for Seduction" in which a girl called Jessica Mansera has to choose to either marry a wealthy suitor chosen by her mother, or chase a relationship with the new house chef Harland Sanders.
OQ9Y TIL that Chinese courts have a 99.99% conviction rate (measured in 2009)
rd4x TIL the European Space Agency and EU are currently deploying an alternative to GPS, called “Galileo”. As well as being accurate to 1cm, it will also have a “Search and Rescue Service”, where distress signals can be picked up from anywhere on Earth. The full system will be completed by 2019.