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TIL that a gorge is basically a smaller version of a canyon. The gorge takes its name from the French word for throat or neck.

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EeNw TIL in 2010 the 6 corporations who control 90% of the media (often called the “Big 6”) made a total profit that exceeded the GDP of Finland by 36 billion dollars ($36,000,000,000).
RvG6 TIL NASA wants to establish a floating cloud city to study Venus. The innovative concept involves helium-filled, solar-powered airships, which could contribute to humans permanently occupying the atmosphere of the hottest planet in our solar system.
VKxm TIL that 4chan once tried to send Justin Bieber to North Korea, by exploiting an oversight whereby there was no country restrictions allowing 4chan to rig the votes.
gMRoX TIL the Tet Offensive was probably inspired by the Three Pronged Attacks during the Lam Son Uprising. Le Loi and his generals successfully fought and won three major battles against the Ming which ended the Ming occupation of Vietnam in one swoop.
gMM0A TIL Actress Anne Dudek played characters in both “Friends” and “How I Met Your Mother” where she gets dumped on her birthday a total of three times. Once by Mike (Paul Rudd, Friends) and twice by Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor, HIMYM)