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

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WVQ8 TIL that Harrison Ford’s character in Ender’s Game has an aide, who will be played by Han Soto.
e07Zb TIL that in 1856, an Indian surveyor calculated the peak of Mount Everest to be exactly 29,000 ft. Fearing that nobody would believe that this was the exact height and nothing more than an estimate, he publicly declared the height to be 29,002 ft.
xVZY7 TIL that in 1979 the Soviets tried to poison the Afghan president but it didn't work because he drank Coca-Cola, which carbonation diluted the poison.
dD589 TIL that November 9 holds special significance in German history. Coincidentally, it was the date of the fall of the Berlin wall, Kristallnacht, and the Munich beer hall putsch, to name a few.
5VZB TIL that Thomas Edison said he would give Nikola Tesla 50,000 dollars if he could redesign Edison’s inefficient motors. Tesla did this, but Edison told him it was a joke afterwards, crushing Tesla.