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TIL John Stewart is considered a more trustworthy news source than MSNBC. Source chart and data on page 36.

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VBN4k TIL that Nintendo Switch cartridges are really designed to taste bad. It is coated with Denatonium Benzoate which is a bitter tasting substance that the company uses to prevent people from swallowing it.
vPGRK TIL the longest word in the English dictionary: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Defined as: it as "a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust"
GADJ7 TIL due to being a Scientologist, Kirstie Alley decided not to reprise her role as Rebecca Howe on the Cheers spinoff Frasier, because Frasier is a psychiatrist.
agxN TIL Pakistan is an acronym: Punjab, Afghan and Kashmir
e0PbL TIL A Japanese company has awarded its non-smoking employees 6 extra vacation days to compensate for the smoker’s smoke breaks