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TIL that people on Imgur, and who post on Imgur are called "Imgurians."

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xWwk TIL The guy who originally voiced Tigger, Gargamel, and the Owl from the Tootsie Roll Pop commercial also was the first person to build and patent an implantable mechanical heart.
x69kw TIL Americans have worse dental health than the British.
gMlvX TIL Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, had written his first book ‘The Gremlins’ for Walt Disney Productions. A full length feature film was planned but was abandoned during pre-production due to British military interference. The 1984 film Gremlins is an homage to the book.
4rxJ TIL There is an esoteric programming language called LOLCODE, in which code is expressed in the style of lolcat speech, implementing lines of code like “HAI,” “CAN HAS [LIBRARY]?” and “KTHXBAI.”
aeVA TIL that Jim Carrey was attached to work on ‘Meet the Parents’ and came up with the name 'Focker’ in a creative meeting for the film.