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TIL that our Galaxy’s name, the Milky Way, comes from the story of the Greek God Hera spilling milk while breastfeeding an unknown infant.

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nWW8Y TIL that Jim Leavelle, the tan-suited detective famously present at the killing of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, was also a witness to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.
M7EkA TIL that China has made its border tripoint with Russia and North Korea into a tourist attraction called Fangchuan Scenic Area - complete with its own panoramic tower
a8wLo TIL that stamps mimicking postage stamps but printed for promotional use by businesses, churches, political or non-profit groups are called Cinderella stamps as even though they are attractive, they are still seen as inferior by philatelists, much similar to Cinderella.
v1E0j TIL the tomato is a berry. Its English name derives from the Aztec word for "fat or swelling fruit," and its Latin name literally means "wolf peach."
p8k7e TIL at least 9 med schools in Japan manipulated exam results by females so fewer women could enter.