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TIL that you is the formal version (like “Sie” in German or “lei” in Italien) and “thou” the informal version (like “Du” in German or “tu” in Italian). That makes English one of the most polite languages ever (repost after 2 years)

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6EkMw TIL according to a 2019 poll released by Gallup, only 40 percent of American workers say they’re in “good jobs,” compared to 16 percent of the workforce who believe they’re in “bad jobs.” The remaining 44 percent of workers say they are in “mediocre jobs.”
0gEL TIL a Silk Sawblade Was Used in the 6th Century to Cut Thin Slabs of Marble When Constructing the Hagia Sophia.
NjQJ TIL the Yale student Jerelyn Luther that yelled “who the f— hired you?” was actually on the search committee involved in placing Nicholas Christakis as master of Silliman College
epVNE TIL Hou Jing, a general during the China's North-South period, seized control of the government of the Liang dynasty by rebelling. After that, in an act of vanity, he gave himself the title of "General of the Universe, Past, Present, and Future, Commander of all Forces in the Six Directions".
ea6n TIL the scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is “gorilla gorilla gorilla”