TIL

Texting & Internet Slang abbreviation · Social Media

TIL
Stands forToday I learned
CategoriesTexting & Internet Slang

TIL stands for Today I learned, a social media abbreviation.

Introduces a fact the writer just discovered, often surprising or trivia-like. Best known from Reddit's r/todayilearned, one of the site's largest communities.

Example: TIL octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.

Usage notes

Posts on r/todayilearned must link to a source, a rule that helped the format spread as a trivia genre. Used humorously for obvious or embarrassing discoveries ("TIL my roommate has a dog"). Acceptable in casual work chat, where it can introduce a useful discovery.

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