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TIL Time magazine was the first to introduce the name "World War II"

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gwZD TIL Furcadia is the longest running mmorpg. It has been up since December 16 1996
Y76QZ TIL art used to be a medal competition at the Olympics between 1918 to 1948 and only stopped because most of the contestants were professionals and not the required amateurs.
J1LZv TIL about the "Rolleron" - a 'dumb'/passive/non-electrical stability system that was used for the early sidewinders. It acts by having the wind spin up rollers, creating a gyroscopic effect. The rollers were placed on hinges, so as the missile spun the rollers stopped the roll by acting as rudders.
e5v5 TIL a third-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother had sent a birthday cake to school along with a knife to cut it. The teacher used the knife to cut the cake, and then reported the girl to the authorities as having a dangerous weapon.
oyYE TIL that Tolstoy and Gandhi were pen pals for years