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TIL the word for an eye doctor is spelled Ophthalmologist not Optimalogist

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grKRA TIL that the B-2 jet used by the US in Yemen costs an average of US$2.13 billion, which is about 10% of Yemen’s GDP
gMbaA TIL that the @ symbol has been in use since the 1500s as an accounting abbreviation for "at the rate of". As in “12 widgets @ $1.” (The total would be $12, $1 each).
oBByA TIL that Tiger Wood's real first name is Eldrick and was given the nickname "Tiger" after a Vietnamese soldier and friend of his father’s.
J1PRB TIL - The first game-only online environment was the Sierra Network (later known as the ImagiNation Network), which launched in 1991
R7wZ8 TIL in 1567, the man with the world’s longest-ever beard broke his neck and died after tripping over it.