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TIL that ‘okay’ is the most recognized word/phrase in the world. 'Coca Cola/Coke’ is the second.

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KOJR TIL if officials awarded Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title to the next fastest finisher who has never been linked to doping, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher
1aoYd TIL Research shows distinct changes in the brains of London taxi drivers throughout the process of acquiring 'The Knowledge' (memorising the 320 routes within 6 miles of Charring Cross). An increase in grey matter and better memory "proved the brain could adapt to new tasks, even in adulthood."
0gpy TIL Vice investigated how easy it is to acquire nuclear weapons on the black market, and got as far as an exchange for acquiring a nuclear “Dirty bomb”
MlbA TIL that after Genghis Khan defeated rival tribes he would place the conquered tribe under his protection, integrate its members into his own tribe, and even have his mother adopt orphans from the conquered tribe, bringing them into his family.
xGGo TIL dick farts are a real thing called pneumaturia after having a catheder removed.