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TIL antidisestablishmentarianism isn't actually in the dictionary

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VMVp8 TIL it is illegal in many US states for teenagers to drive with multiple friends
O9gL TIL that the concept of the “rap battle” has existed since the 5th century, where poets would engage in “flyting,” a spoken word event where poets would insult one another in verse. The Norse god Loki is noted as having insulted other gods in verse.
xbVB TIL Layne Staley (former lead singer of Alice in Chains) was found over a week after he died not because his friends or family notified someone, but because his accountant noticed he hadn’t withdrawn money from his account in a week.
QJ086 TIL of Andre-Francois Raffray, who paid a 90 year old woman approx $500/month to own her apartment after she passed away. He paid her $184,000 over 30 years until he died himself. She ended up being the oldest woman to ever live, living to the age of 122.
Br5rb TIL that Roman Emperor Nero during gladiatorial fights looked at the arena through a concave emerald to eliminate the glare of the sun and his nearsightedness. Those may have been the first sunglasses in history.