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TIL that the US ranks 47th in the world in Freedom of Press

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AA77 TIL In Turkey, the word for “turkey” is “hindi”, meaning “India”. In India, the word for “turkey” is “peru”.
rNApy TIL playdoh was originally a wall cleaner folks used to get fire grime off their walls.
RYRa TIL an 80 year old man named Amou Haji hasn’t bathed in 60 years, sleeps in a grave-like hole, and smokes animal feces.
kJaJe TIL that back in the 1940s there was a male-only "Penthouse Club" at the Walt Disney Studios for their top animators, including a rooftop patio where they used to take nude sunbaths. They had to stop when it became known that nuns in the neighboring hospital were peeking at them
W71dX TIL port was originally called larboard and was changed because it sounded like starboard in 1844. Therefore, any reference to port on a boat before this time (e.g. golden age of piracy) is anachronistic.