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TIL the term "meme" was created by Richard Dawkins in 1976 as a shortened version of the Greek word mimeme, which means imitated thing.

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web8 TIL that there is a verse in Dante’s Inferno that has no translation and no one knows what it means.
yV70v TIL that during World War I in 1914, German and British soldiers laid down their arms on Christmas, sharing moments of peace and camaraderie.
9YdnQ TIL that a lemon is actually a hybrid between a bitter orange and a citron, meaning life never gave us lemons, we invented it ourselves.
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