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TIL words that describe themselves - "letters" is made of letters - are called autological

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M7yQm TIL in 1890 a German immigrant named Eugene Schieffelin decided it would be a great idea to introduce as many of Shakespeare's birds as possible to North America
W75W4 TIL the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington Virginia is actually named the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial.
gr5db TIL the "Funny how? Do I amuse you?" scene in Goodfellas is based on an actual event that Joe Pesci experienced while he was waiting tables in the Bronx. He thought he made a compliment to a mobster by saying he was "funny", which was not taken well.
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