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TIL that Oprah Winfrey’s birth name was Orpah, named after a woman from the Bible, but nobody could pronounce it right, so it became Oprah.

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aoK0 TIL the inventor of the Keurig ‘k-cup’ pods regrets his invention because of how costly it is and due to the fact they are not recyclable.
nWeZW TIL "Qi" is the most commonly played word in Scrabble tournaments.
Lk589 TIL Norway's $1tn Sovereign Wealth Fund owns 1.5% of shares worldwide. They use this clout to push gender-equal pay and reasonable executive salaries while blacklisting 'unethical' companies. They are considering adding high carbon emitters to this blacklist too.
X0rJE TIL a Norfolk Southern employee left points misaligned, resulting in a train collision that spilled chlorine gas everywhere, right next to a textile mill. 9 people died that day, 250 people had lung injuries requiring medical treatment.
Z8RLa TIL Sir Patrick Stewart invented the concept of Race-reversed casting, or photo negative casting, which has white actors playing traditionally black characters and vice versa.