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TIL that In The Russian Version Of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionare’, The Audience Intentionally Gave Out Wrong answers To Make The Player Lose

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6kgZ TIL that the picture of an angry cloud of sentient electricity that is commonly seen on transformers is named “Mr. Ouch”
x6Ad0 TiL that nachos were invented by Ignacio Anaya. "Nacho" is the nickname of Ignacio.
DQgeJ TIL that while serving in WWII, Mel Brooks was assembling a bridge one night when he heard German soldiers singing badly in the distance, he grabbed a bullhorn and sang back. When he was finished he thought he heard applause.
E1AeW TIL that there are 153 million orphaned children in the world. This number slightly falls below Russia's population statistics and above Mexico's. Therefore, it would be safe to say that if a country was to be set aside for orphans, it would rank the 9th most populated.
j6OAj TIL in languages with heavy declension speakers can arrange sentences any way they want, with an abundance of word modifications carrying the grammatical meaning. English is not, it uses syntax (word order) to convey meaning.