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TIL Childlore is the unique culture of children, including rhymes and games, learned and passed among peers. Often unnoticed by adults, it is conservative, unlike evolving adult folklore, and fades with adolescence.

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KGdB TIL The real name of the talking paperclip in Microsoft XP was Clippit, not Clippy.
R79Yl TIL: National Pizza Month observance began in October 1984, and was created by Gerry Durnell, the publisher of Pizza Today magazine.
4XeLg TIL that after Chicago officials failed to capture a rogue alligator for 8 days, Chicago hired Florida Man who caught it in less than 24 hours; locals dubbed the alligator "Chance the Snapper"
R5MNQ TIL of aphantasia a condition where people are unable to form mental images in their head. People with aphantasia are also less likely to have an inner monologue.
oaJA TIL Juan Pujol Garcia was a British double agent during WWII. He told Hitler D-Day would happen at the Strait of Dover, earning him the German Iron Cross. It was actually carried out at Normandy, earning him the British MBE.