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TIL “Reddit” is Latin for “Gives Back”

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ANZjB TIL the Dutch word for an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman, is a reference to one specific woman.
paXb TIL in WWII, a dog named Gander fended off two Japanese ambushes. When they came back again, with a grenade this time, Gander picked it up and charged back at them, killing more Japanese, saving his wounded team, going out in a blaze of glory and earning a posthumous medal.
oBk1r TIL train robber Elmer McCurdy's mummified corpse was used as decoration in carnivals during the 1920's and wasn't properly identified as real until 1976. It scared a young boy named Mark Taylor so greatly it stuck with him into adulthood, and inspired him to create He-Man's nemesis: Skeletor.
VV0B TIL “Bows eventually replaced spear-throwers as the predominant means for launching sharp projectiles on all continents except Australia.”
GAZRN TIL Juan Peron's hands were cut off and stolen by a grave robber after his death.