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TIL you can be “gruntled” (the opposite of disgruntled) and it means you are pleased, satisfied, and contented.

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rNdEe TIL that the most popular English song in the world is "Happy Birthday to You", according to The Guinness Book.
Y7kwZ TIL in 1906, an irrigation company rerouted the Rio Grande, pushing the US town Rio Rico south of the river, causing it to be mistaken as Mexican. In 1972, the United States learned the land was US soil and officially ceded it to Mexico, allowing the local-born residents American citizenship.
BrVWb TIL about Anatoli Brouchkov - a Russian scientist who injected himself with a 3.5 million year old strain of bacteria just to see what would happen.
NXmlb TIL meteorological officer Mike Fraser was mauled by a great white shark off New Zealand's subantarctic Campbell Island on 24 April 1992, and was subject to a 2,000 kilometer rescue by helicopter.
L4kd TIL Breitling makes a $16000 watch that can have you rescued from anywhere in the world.