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TIL of small medieval knife called ‘Bollock dagger’ and used to stab people in the kidneys

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5Yaln TIL that the name of Bahamas Is believed to come from the Taino language "Ba Ha Ma", although It is also considered its derivation from the Spanish "Baja Mar", which means "Shallow water".
4YKa TIL that when the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, Canada caught fire. The Soviets tried to take out the fire themselves and not call the fire department. When the fire department arrived the Soviets would not let them in. Eventually, they let them in only after the Soviets removed sensitive documents.
16o84 TIL that the year before Spinal Tap was released, British comedians made their own mockumentary about a spoof heavy metal band called Bad News
16Wn7 TIL that there is one boat for every 2.8 homes in Minnesota, and that Minnesota has 7% of all boats in the registered in the USA
5omD TIL A man who would later become the president of Mormon church once declared, “We will never get a man into space. […] The moon is a superior planet to the earth and it was never intended that man should go there. You can write it down in your books that this will never happen”… in 1961.