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TIL “Reddit” is Latin for “Gives Back”

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egBk TIL 20th Century Fox gave up merchandising and sequel rights to Star Wars in exchange for Lucas accepting a $150,000 salary instead of $500,000. George Lucas made over $7 billion from Star Wars.
WgX4 TIL it is illegal for a US citizen to participate in boycott against Israel,we even have a government office tasked with ensuring that no boycotts of Israel are created ,the US Office of Antiboycott Compliance
b9ON TIL that the Mormon religion instructs their missionaries to openly lie and tell half-truths to protect the religion from criticism.
v1gmL TIL The word "moron" was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard to classify someone with an IQ of 51-70. "Imbeciles" were 26-50 and "idiots" were 0-25. So for a time, a moron was literally smarter than an idiot.
mx9Yp TIL Mozart wrote music for an instrument made of glass bowls that Benjamin Franklin helped create