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TIL that editors will often add fictitious words to dictionaries in order to “catch” others copying off them. Cartographers also do this.

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4XmlJ TIL: Villains in movies are not allowed to use Apple products. You can predict who the villain is in a movie by whether they use or don't use an iPhone/Mac.
a89GJ TIL A disgruntled Chinese man, who was recently single, organized for every odd numbered seat to be bought for the premiere screening of a romance movie on Valentine's Day, forcing couples to sit one seat apart
l6JB TIL the phrase ‘Politically Correct’ was coined by Mao Zedong.
Ang4 TIL that famous American Sharpshooter Annie Oakley sued 55 newspapers (and won 54 out of 55) after they falsely reported she was a thief and drug addict.
Eggkd TIL Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke left a family photo behind on the moon in 1972