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TIL that the staff of How I Met Your Mother created over 20 sites that tie in with the show.

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nWywG TIL when the Union Jack is flown vertically, such as on a flagpole, the wider white stripe should be on top and to the left of the viewer. This is because Scotland’s St Andrew’s Cross takes precedence over Ireland’s St Patrick’s Cross.
PYJYn TIL Dr. Phil is NO longer licensed to practice psychology in the US. He had ethics charges for an inappropriate relationship with a patient (1989), a criminal complaint for practicing psychology without a license (California), and violated doctor-patient confidentiality with Britney Spears (2008).
N6le TIL that ‘embiggen’ and 'cromulent’ - two words invented on The Simpsons - have since been used in academic journals and added to the dictionary, respectively
1a0WP The reason we like straight lines is because of a fundamental property of the Universe – the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
JjQv TIL Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.