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TIL “Coke” is the second most recognizable word across all languages, with the first being “OK”

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mxmAo TIL that AMC Theaters offer Sensory Friendly Films where the lights are turned up and the sound turned down. This is for people with Autism and others who might not be able to otherwise enjoy seeing movies in theaters.
5YyJR TIL in some countries, including the US flying a flag upside indicates a state of emergency or war. This among a few other things is called flag desecration
xVwwo TIL Ned McIlhenny, son of the Tabasco inventor, was a prominent conservationist and is credited with saving Snowy Egrets from extinction. Tabasco never tasted so good.
mkRE TIL The arabic version of the Simpsons is called “Al Shamshoon”, Homer was named Omar, he drank soda instead of beer and ate beef instead of pork. Ned was not a christian and Moe’s tavern was edited out all together. Only 34 episodes were aired out of the 54 reworked ones.
loAvN TIL that Imhotep was an Egyptian architect, physician, and advisor to four pharaohs. He lived around 2667-2600 B.C. Imhotep practiced early medicine nearly 2200 years before Hippocrates and designed Djoser’s step pyramid at saqqara. He is the only Egyptian besides Amenhotep to ever be fully deified.