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TIL that inserting swear words into other words (e.g. “abso-fucking-lutely”) is referred to as expletive infixiation.

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VM8Bp TIL in 1981 the body of a man was discovered by a church in St bees, England. He was wrapped in a lead sheet so his nails and stomach contents were nearly perfectly preserved, his skin was pinkish and liquid blood was found in his chest. He was A.De Lucy, a knight who died in the crusades in 1333
9K8M TIL that carrots used in canned soup are specially-bred giant carrots the size of baseball bats, because normal carrots don’t stand up to the vigorous production process.
pYW9O TIL that the first time a slow-motion replay had ever been used on television was to unknowingly rebroadcast the moment one boxer (Emile Griffith) killed another (Benny Paret).
awoGN TIL of the word "inkhorn", a 16th century derogrity term for scholars who excessively and awkwardly borrowed words from Latin. They introduced short-lived words like ("devulgate, obtestate, deruncinate, subsecive") but also gave us everday words like ("Celebrate, expectation, ingenious, mundane").
MRNA TIL There is greater inequality in Manhattan today than existed in South Africa before Apartheid ended