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TIL that a US poll conducted in 2016 found, for the 8th year in a row, that “whatever” is considered to be the most annoying word.

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Nkye TIL it’s more likely you will survive a plane crash or win the lottery than click a banner ad.
mxg0O TIL Rosetta Stone was discovered during the Egyptian campaign by Napoleon Bonaparte's French forces in 1799. It became the essential key to the modern understanding of ancient Egyptian literature and civilisation
YppvW TIL Game Dev Tycoon developers leaked a cracked version of the game shortly before official release, so that people who pirated the game would eventually go bankrupt in-game because the games they were developing were being pirated.
GYD1g TIL In the third episode of season four of Game of Thrones, the Meereenese rider who challenges Daenerys' champion was hurling abuses which actually were Low Valyrian translation of the French guy's insults in Monty Python And The Holy Grail, such as "your mother was a hamster".
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