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TIL that the Ohio State University trademarked the word "THE" for use on clothing.

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N0v6 TIL that the “jump” you sometimes get while falling asleep is called hypnic myoclonus.
l0wN TIL Scottish mountains over 3000 feet are called “Munros”. Other hills/mountains in the UK and Ireland over 150 metres are called “Marilyns”. The pun is intentional.
6jwm TIL in the year 774, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded a “red crucifix” in the sky. Tree rings dated from that year all over the world show a spike in Carbon-14 levels. It is believed that the event was caused by a very strong solar flare, perhaps the strongest ever known
yQdll TIL that the Krypteia, a super secretive special unit in ancient Sparta, was the unit given the dubious task of controling their slave population by annual massacres. Even more messed up: they had to do the killings in secrecy and was punished by whipping if anyone caught them.
NJmJ TIL Indian housewives hold $600 billion worth of gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.