if ( message.startsWith("~") ){
                String word = (message.substring(1)).trim(); // remove ~
                if (message.indexOf(" ") > -1){
                    sendMessage(channel, word);
                    for (String msg: word.split(" "))
                        sendMessage(channel, msg);
                    String person = word.split(" ")[0];
                    word = word.split(" ")[1];
                    if ( factoids.containsKey(word))
                        sendMessage(channel, person + ": " + factoids.get(word));
}