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TIL that typing "&zwnj" into youtube search bar yields videos with no titles. It's an acronym for "zero-width non-joiner".

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4Xn5R TIL about the Lady in white aka Perla Siedle Gibson from South Africa who would stand at the port and sing for the servicemen as their ships sailed in and out of Durban during WW2 and beyond. She was a true inspiration and motivation for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and became famous for it.
JYx1Q TIL that English Parliament was conducted entirely in French until the 1400s. Even today, bills are formally passed into law with a French phrase: "Le Reyne le veult", meaning "The queen wills it."
6m8 TIL that the former CEO and owner of Segway died from Segwaying off a cliff.
Z99a TIL that the author of Hatchet, Gary Paulsen, has seen shark attacks, saw his mother beat a potential molester to death in front of him, learned to shoot as a child on a naval boat, has competed in the Iditarod and a bunch of other insane stuff…
OoXre TIL of the Kola Superdeep Borehole. Standing at over 12km deep its' the deepest man made hole in the world