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TIL ‘smurf accounts’ in competitive video games are named such because some of the first top players to make alternate accounts chose the usernames 'PapaSmurf’ and 'Smurfette.’

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16oBX TIL that watching something at 2x speed does not impair your ability to understand it.
rN5d0 TIL that the Pentagon and the CIA have exercised direct editorial control over more than 2,500 films and television shows
9Md7 TIL the word “palindrome” isn’t “palindrome” spelled backwards, but “palindrome” spelled backwards is “emordnilap”, which is a real word that represents any word that when spelled backwards makes a new word - such as “time” and “emit” - so “emordnilap palindrome” is an emordnilap palindrome
MNaB TIL That the USA is the only country in the world which gives life-without-parole sentences to juvenile offenders.
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