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TIL "Mozilla" of Mozilla Firefox stands for "Mosaic Killer," Mosaic being the leading early internet browser.

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MewWa TIL Erik Thorvaldsson (Erik the Red), discovered a frozen island 1,500 miles west of Iceland. He wished to settle there but was worried no one would want to because of the harsh conditions. In order to fool them into taking the dangerous voyage, he told them the name of the island was "Greenland"
l7omB TIL that baby formula dates back to 1865 and became more popular due to a decline in wet nursing and upon rising concerns with infant deaths due to dry nursing.
Yp6xZ TIL that the author that gave us "It was a dark and stormy night" also gave us "the almighty dollar" and "the pen is mightier than the sword".
loNY5 TIL a U.S. Army veteran used his military sharp-shooting skills to rescue a bald eagle which had been hanging upside down in a tree for days with its leg tangled in a rope, 70 ft from the ground; Jason Galvin fired 150 shots from a .22 rifle with scope at the rope until it released the eagle.
4ko0J TIL that Lenin's body has been preserved for more than 100 years