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TIL in the USA uses spelled rather than spelt when it comes to the past tense of spell.

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eYeg TIL that Italy’s economy is so weak that the “Latin lover” is on the decline. “The traditional kept mistress, secretly hidden away in her fully paid-up flat, and lavished with furs and jewels has been consigned to history”. Divorces are down, too, because men can’t afford to leave their wives.
0wd4L TIL the glyptodon was a large mammal that lived in Americas until it went extinct around 8000 BCE. It looked like a cross between a beaver and an armadillo and was the size of a Volkswagen Beetle.
d8Wl9 TIL that the futurama writer has PhD in math and invented a new math theorem just to use in the show
jNRyj TIL Between 1985 and 1998, a water ride attraction at West Edmonton Shopping Mall had more submarines than the entire Canadian Navy
ADNyd TIL Spree-killer Anders Breivik is thought to have “narcissistic decompensation”, which is when a narcissist takes a hit to their self-esteem, like being rejected by a peer group. Then they isolate themselves from collective thinking, and move into a paranoid disorder.