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Prompt: "Tell me something I don't know." Released: August 2026
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek
August 2026
open source ★★★ original

You probably know “OMG” as a texting abbreviation, but it’s actually much older: the first recorded use in writing was in a 1917 letter from British Admiral John Fisher to Winston Churchill. He wrote “O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)” — so people were saying “OMG” before the internet, before TV, and even before the end of World War I.

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We need answer user asks "Tell me something I don't know." Need provide surprising fact. Need ensure something likely unknown. We can choose obscure fact. Need maybe about animals, history, science. Let's craft. Need be accurate. Maybe "Sharks existed before trees" but many know. Need less known. "The dot over lowercase i and j is called a tittle." Many know. Need something I don't know? We can't know user's knowledge. Provide obscure fact with context. Need perhaps "There is a species of beetle named after Charles Darwin's beetle? No." Let's think of genuinely surprising: "The 'smell of rain' has a name: petrichor" many know. "Octopuses have three hearts" known. "Honey never spoils" known. Maybe "Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated" known. Need "Tell me something I don't know" maybe use "you don't know that..." Could be personal? We don't know. Need supply fact. Let's choose obscure: "The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds." Known? Maybe. "Water can boil and freeze at the same time, called triple point" known. Maybe "There is a 'Placebo button' in some crosswalks that does nothing" known. Need something less common: "In 1960, the Soviet Union launched two dogs into space? No." "Saturn has a hexagonal storm at its north pole" known. "Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' had a 16th-century predecessor? Unknown." Need maybe "The word 'jungle' was originally Sanskrit for 'not desert'?" Hmm. Let's find a fact that is counterintuitive and obscure. Need verify. Potential: "There is a cactus that was accidentally discovered and is now a protected species in Arizona? The saguaro? No." "Venus rotates backwards, and its day is longer than its year" known. "Bananas are berries; strawberries are not" known. "Braille was based on military cryptography" maybe. "Anesthesia and 'general anesthesia' was first used in dentistry? Not. Let's think of a specific fact with surprising twist: "The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye" known. "Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid." Wait this is a good one! Let's verify: Cleopatra (69-30 BC) lived about 2,000 years before Apollo 11 (1969). Great Pyramid built around 2560 BC, about 2,500 years before Cleopatra. So Cleopatra is closer to Moon landing? Let's calculate: Great Pyramid to Cleopatra: 2560-30 = 2530 years. Cleopatra to Moon landing: 1969 - 30 = 1999 years. Yes. This is surprising and accurate. Many know? It's a popular fact. Maybe user might know. But "something I don't know" perhaps okay. Need maybe "Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire" also known? Actually Oxford teaching existed by 1096, Aztec Empire 1428. Yes. Need maybe "The first 'fax' was a thing in 1865, before telephone" known. Let's choose something more obscure: "The 'pound sign' or number sign # has a formal name: octothorpe." Many know. "The 'hashtag' was originally called octothorpe" maybe. Maybe "The Eiffel Tower is shorter in winter by a few centimeters because metal contracts." known. Need maybe "A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus" known. Let's craft with user-specific? "I don't know what you know, but here's one that catches most people off guard: ..." Good. Need perhaps "crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues" known? Actually crocodiles have a membrane that holds tongue, can't extend? This is common. "Giraffes have no vocal cords? Actually giraffes have a larynx but can hum? They can vocalize? Need not. "Penguins proposed marriage? no. "Hummingbirds cannot walk, but can they hop? no. Need perhaps "The unicorn is Scotland's national animal" known. Maybe a clever fact about language: In English, "queueing" is the only word with five consecutive vowels? Actually "queueing" has five vowels? q u e u e i n g: e u e i? Wait "queueing" letters: q u e u e i n g. Vowels: u,e,u,e,i = 5 consecutive? The string "ueuei" has vowels? q-u-e-u-e-i-n-g: positions 2-6 = u e u e i, all vowels, yes five consecutive. There is "euouae" etc. Common. "Stewardesses" is longest word typed with left hand? Actually "stewardesses" typed with left? Let's check QWERTY: s (left), t(left), e(left), w(left), a(left), r(left), d(left), e(left), s(left), s(left) all left? yes. Longest English word typed with left hand? "stewardesses" known. Need perhaps "There's a word 'hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia' meaning fear of long words" known. Need maybe "The first computer programmer was Ada Lovelace, daughter of Byron" known. Maybe "The Nintendo company was founded in 1889 as a playing card company" known. Need something I don't know. Let's find a truly obscure scientific/cultural fact. Potential: "In 1915, the NFL team? no." "Sharks existed before trees and before Saturn's rings? Wait Saturn's rings maybe formed 100 million yrs ago? not. "Tulip bulbs were used as currency in the Netherlands in the 1630s" known. "Switzerland has an official 'bag of fries'? no. Let's search memory for obscure facts: - "The longest time between a person's birth and death? Jeanne Calment 122 years." - "The first known use of 'OMG' was in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917." This is surprising! Let's verify. "OMG" first attributed to Lord Fisher's letter to Winston Churchill in 1917? Yes. The phrase "OMG" was used in a letter from Admiral John Fisher to Winston Churchill: "I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis—O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)" Wait "OMG" actually "Oh! My God!" Perhaps. This is a good obscure fact. Many don't know. Need be careful: "O.M.G." in 1917 letter. Is it true? Let's recall: According to Oxford English Dictionary, first written use of OMG is letter from British admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher to Winston Churchill in 1917: "I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis—O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)." Hmm "O.M.G." is an initialism. Good. Need maybe "The first 'emoji' was created in 1999 by Shigetaka Kurita" known? no. Could combine: "OMG" is older than you think. It was in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill. This is fun. Need ensure not too niche. Let's craft answer: "One small thing: the abbreviation 'OMG' isn't a texting-era invention. The first recorded use in writing was in a 1917 letter from British Admiral John Fisher to Winston Churchill, where he wrote 'O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)'." This is likely unknown. Need maybe "not 'Oh my god' as a phrase, but the abbreviation." Good. Need maybe "Tell me something I don't know" We can present as "You probably know OMG is old? But..." Let's answer succinctly. Need perhaps include "It was an acronym? Actually initialism." We can say "abbreviation." Good. Let's ensure no issue with "O.M.G." in letter: It was not "Oh My God" but "Oh! My God!" Yes. Need maybe "Fisher was an admiral; Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty." Good. Let's final with that.