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TIL: Tangerines took their name from the name for residents of Tangier, Morocco

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pYaM8 TIL that in many Indian languages, the words for 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow' are the same.
awb60 TIL that prior to 158 years ago in the West, babies were born and assigned the age 1 at birth. This was because scholars thought the number 0 was connected to a void which was connected to Satan, therefore not giving babies a year “0” at birth.
ANAnB TIL that Father and Son (1970) by Cat Stevens was originally written as part of a musical about the Russian Revolution which got scrapped when Stevens contracted tuberculosis. It's a dialogue between a conservative farmer and his revolutionary son.
nry7 TIL that workers in the UK can’t be forced to work over 48 hours a week unless they have opted out of this restriction.
d8wPK TIL of John Burns, a resident of Gettysburg PA who at 70 years old in 1863 insisted on joining the Union line with his outdated flintlock rifle, shot a Confederate officer from his horse, fought w the Iron Brigade, was wounded several times, duped Confederate doctors into mending him, and snuck home