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TIL the Aussie word Esky (for cooler box or chilly bin) comes from the word Eskimo

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Rkp7 TIL Charlie Chaplin was exiled from the US, while at a movie premier in London, because he had criticized Capitalism, and was against the Nuclear weapons.
nX6B TIL The Lincoln Hotel in Chicago has a rooftop bar named after John Frederick Parker. Parker was Lincoln’s bodyguard the night of his assassination, he left during intermission to the local tavern. He was known to be drunk on duty.
oRxn8 TIL the word for an eye doctor is spelled Ophthalmologist not Optimalogist
J1Xr1 TIL about the Wärtsilä RT-flex96C, the largest reciprocating engine in the world. It is a diesel engine for container ships, up to 14 cylinders, 107,390 HP, 5.6M lb-ft of torque, uses up to 250 tons of fuel per day.
KYQxG TIL about the Janzen–Connell hypothesis, a widely accepted mechanism that asserts that a forest with more diverse species of plants will prosper because the more common a plant species is, the more specialist enemies it attracts.