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TIL the Emoticon was invented by Scott Fahlman on September 19th, 1982

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jgAM TIL of John Jones, a caver who became trapped alone while navigating head first down a narrow section of cave. The rescue operation failed mid-way and he died in the cave. His body remains there today.
dpEK TIL that after its tourism sector boomed, Kazakhstan’s foreign minister thanked Sacha Baron Cohen in 2012 for the release of Borat after the country saw a 10x increase in issued visas.
BykK TIL that the USB standard requires the logo to be on the “UP” side, making it much easier to plug in correctly.
BgV9L TIL that Hasbro released a version of Monopoly specifically for millennials that among other things claims "Forget Real Estate, You Couldn't Afford It Anyway", and features Mr. Monopoly wearing polarized glasses, and holding coffee with a cardboard sleeve
xxkb TIL with the popularity of palm reading in Japan, some are getting “palm surgery” as a way to cheat fate