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TIL Montana holds the world record for temperature change in a 24 hour period

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ObYR TIL that a “fossil word” is a word that is generally obsolete but remains in use because it is part of an idiom. For example, amok as in “run amok”, or turpitude as in “moral turpitude”.
QNx1a TIL the name Linkedin actually comes from the phrase "Link Ed In", from the team's original department head, Ed Woolnaugh
l057 TIL: “Bicep” is a false singular. “Biceps” is the singular and “bicepses” is the plural.
OoQ57 TIL humans use 100% of their brains and it's only a myth that we're using a smaller percent.
wojb7 TIL that U.N. officials & diplomats in America & other countries often provide a college prep education while homeschooling their children through the International Baccalaureate program. They prefer this practice, which is distinct from other homeschooling, because the diploma's respected overseas.