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TIL that on December 6, 2012, Journey became the first video game in history to be nominated for a Grammy Award

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EgVAo TIL that Loofahs are vegetables in the squash family and can be eaten as well as dried and used as sponges
b6mk9 TIL pants are always plural because it’s a “plural tantum” which is Latin for “plural only,”
jyyv TIL that a possible origin of acupuncture is based on Chinese doctors observations that soldiers wounded by arrows were cured of chronic afflictions
Ve7Z TIL during New Zealand’s first rugby match vs England, an English player’s shorts got ripped off. The NZ players formed a circle so he could change. Another Englishman picked up the ball and scored. Later the English demanded an apology after NZ criticised the referee, which was “unsportsmanlike”.
Z80y4 TIL Cobra Commander was a used car salesman in the GI JOE comics. His brother was killed in a drunk driving accident, he became embittered and started a pyramid scheme called COBRA.