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TIL Grenades are named after the French word for Pomegranates, due to their bulbous shape being similar to early grenades.

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69Br7 TIL that during the 1960-70s, the Danish government had doctors fit intrauterine devices (IUDs) into thousands of Greenlandic Inuit girls and women, without their knowledge or consent, as part of a program to control the indigenous birth rate in Greenland
4XJKg TIL: Today (august 1) is every horse in the southern hemisphere's birthday. Happy birthday horse!
KpPG TIL Bangladesh has more total English speakers than Canada and that Nigeria has more total English speakers than in the UK.
JYEnk TIL that before the Industrial Revolution, most people worked from home. This shaped our cities, community and family life. It’s common sense, but the point makes for an insightful conversation starter about working from home today.
kJnd5 TIL following Devo's Rock Hall nomination, the band posted an open letter saying Mike Judge's Idiocracy is "the movie Devo should have made" and "Is there any question that De-evolution is real?"