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TIL that Legionnaire's Disease is named after the American Legion

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nm7d TIL when Rupert Grint got his driver’s license, he bought an ice cream truck to fulfill a childhood desire and gives out free ice cream to children.
nO1o TIL of the Japanese Smoking paradox. The rate of lung cancer is lower in Japan than in the US despite a higher rate of smokers in Japan
8aLM4 TIL why "w" is pronounced double-u. The Roman alphabet did not have the letter"w" so when Latin was first used in Old English, they needed to invent a symbol for the sound made by "w" - so they made it "uu" (there was no "v" in Old English). 400 years later, Norman scribes conjoined it to become "w"
dd97 TIL that in 2004 a Great White Shark attacked Rob Howes while he was surfing off the coast of New Zealand. While clinging for his life to his surfboard a pod of dolphins swam up to him and formed a protective wall that effectively blocked out the shark and ended up saving Rob’s life.
D1mLp TIL that Pakistan is one of the most underrated tourist attraction and is also said to contain attractions like no other country has. Some tourists said it was the most beautiful place they’d ever seen.