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TIL that this subreddit should be called “Today I Learnt” as learnt is the past tense of the verb (Today I Learnt) and learned is the past participle (Today I “Have” Learned)

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yVKAe TIL Shel Silverstein wrote all the songs on Dr. Hook's album Sloppy Seconds
4y9g TIL of the Cordoba Fighting dog, a breed so aggressive it preferred to fight rather than mate, leading to its extinction
Gyj1 TIL that parts of Cameroon use beer bottle caps as currency - just like the videogame Fallout.
R7JG6 TIL of the Chinese proverb "three men make a tiger", which means that people will accept absurd information, as long as enough people are saying it.
QN9rM TIL: The New York JFK Express line ran from 1979-1990 with the famous slogan "take the train to the plane", It ran from Queensbridge 21st Street in Long Island City to Howard Beach-JFK Airport where you then take Bus to the Airport itself. It was discontinued in 1990 due to its lack of riders.