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TIL the phrase “abracadabra” originates from the book Liber Medicinalis by Quintus Sammonicus

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nPDo TIL when 1978 TV series “Holocaust” aired in West Germany in 1979, a panel of historians would answer questions live afterwards. They ended up receiving thousands of calls from Germans saying this was the first time they heard about the Holocaust. “Holocaust” later became German ‘word of the year’.
NOe6 TIL there is a hotel in Japan that opened in 705 AD and has been operated by 52 generations of the same family to this day
nGyd TIL that if two pieces of the same type of metal touch in outer space, they will bond together permanently.
yVDva TIL the soft drink Mello Yello was named after Donovan's "Mellow Yellow," which was written about a vibrator. This makes Mello Yello the only mass-produced soda named after a dildo
LQvQP TIL predation by wasps can cause the eggs of red-eyed tree frogs attached to the leaves of trees to hatch immediately, allowing the tadpole to escape by falling into the water below