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TIL that Spanish explorers originally called pecans "wrinkle nuts."

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J1VB TIL that Jeff Foxworthy attended Ga. Tech, and worked in mainframe computer maintenance at IBM for 5 years.
nWj1G TIL sheep, goats, llamas, and donkeys graze the O’Hare Airport property each season
wL6wM TIL that the character "G-Man" from the Half Life video game series is inspired by the stereotypical features of an FBI agent and that the term "G-man" was a common slang term for an FBI agent meaning 'Government man'.
dOj7 TIL A study sent 12 fake patients to psychiatric hospitals and all but 1 were diagnosed with schizophrenia. After publication, an offended hospital challenged the author to fool them. He agreed. Hospital then diagnosed 21% of incoming patients as fakes. In reality, he sent no patients at all.
d8BGE TIL of José Sanjurjo a prominent figure in the Spanish civil war, who died when the biplane he rode which was overburdened with his luggage crashed. Before flight the pilot warned Sanjurjo of the danger to which he replied with, "I need to wear proper clothes as the new caudillo of Spain."