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TIL in Texas Hold 'em, an Ace-King of any suit combination is occasionally referred to as an Anna Kournikova, derived from the initials AK and because it "looks really good but rarely wins."

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PRRV TIL the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NYC is so polluted that unidentifiable new forms of microbiological life have arisen in its sludge
o9R7 TIL that a fake Wikipedia article about a fictional war (“Upper Peninsula War”) went unnoticed for years.
rNB7e Til - after sculptor Paul McCarthy set up a Christmas tree in Paris that looked like a butt plug, he was punched in the head by an anger Parisian and the tree was constantly assaulted by vandals cutting the support ropes
neWEb TIL that a Bosnian couple divorced after unknowingly cheating on each other with... Each other.
Oo1K4 TIL in Russian culture "British Scientists," is a running joke and Internet meme used as an ironic reference to absurd news reports about scientific discoveries, particularly ones that have no practical value. For example, "British scientists debunked the myth that mice love cheese."