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TIL that the name of the eponymous character "STAN" from Eminem's biggest hit song of the same name ,has given rise to a slang term online which refers to overzealous, maniacal, overly obsessed fans of a celebrity or personality; the term has since been included in the Oxford English Dictionary.

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nWXb9 TIL that if you mistype words on your Android keyboard you can simply swipe your finger across the screen from right to left on the backspace key and it will delete entire words at a time rather than individual letters
VOPQ TIL Canterbury Monks in 1178 AD witnessed an impact on the moon
78Z4Z TIL that the guppy fish was named after British-born naturalist Lechmere Guppy
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