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TIL that the name Imogen is probably just a spelling error that Shakespeare made but became a real name

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wYrJ TIL May is National Masturbation Month, and the 28th of May is celebrated as National Masturbation Day
v1Yxx TIL of the 'Centre of the Universe' in Tulsa- If you stand in the middle of the circle and make a noise, the sound is echoed back several times louder than it was made. Those outside the circle hear the same sound but distorted.
Zp8no TIL in the 2nd round of the 1977 Badminton World Championships, Flemming Delfs was disqualified for arriving too late to the court before the deciding game but his opponent Ray Stevens refused to accept victory on a walkover. Delfs won that match and later ended up winning the tournament.
n7dr TIL The Atari game Swordquest had a contest that gave the first players to find clues in game a Talisman, Chalice, Crown, Philosopher Stone each worth over $25k. These finalist would compete for the Sword of Ultimate Sorcery, This never happened and the Sword may be lost.
oBbDE TIL at Hanna Barbera's height during the 1970s, they controlled almost 80% of children's programming and 2/3rds of the Saturday morning block