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TIL Cliché comes from the sound made when plates with commonly used words or phrases were fitted into a printing press. These plates were called stereotypes.

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d8XoB TIL some fish can climb walls. In April 2015, scientists observed several armoured catfish climbing walls of a cave in Ecuador. It's also the first time catfish are found to evolve to water bodies underground.
N7k16 TIL on Prince's debut album, For You, released in 1978, Prince wrote, arranged, composed, produced and performed the album all by himself
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D1BNj TIL that a Somali pirate fell into a "movie trap" in Brussels. Thinking that he would work on a documentary, he was instead arrested as soon as he disembarked from his flight.
0w4Ky TIL that the song 'Unchained Melody' is the theme song to a little known prison movie called 'Unchained', hence the title. The film flopped although it was nominated one academy award — for best original song.