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TIL of the Latin phrase "Damnatio memoriae" meaning "condemnation of memory", indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts, including the destruction of depictions, the removal of names from inscriptions and documents, and even large-scale rewritings of history.

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wGgP TIL that the dog who played Eddie on Frasier was replaced by his own son in Season 9.
XEW5R TIL Colorado is not a rectangle. Colorado is actually a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon, which means it has 697 sides.
e0MBg TIL During the past two years, at least five bills relating to the country’s shark fin trade have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. All five died before becoming laws, leaving the fate of sharks in the U.S. uncertain.
Ex5d TIL in 1985 there were 13 billionaires in the US. Today there are over a thousand.
wLPoM TIL that Sperm Whales’ sounds are so loud (under water) they can burst your ear drums or even “vibrate” you to death.