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TIL that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was initially called “Operation Iraqi Liberation”, but was quickly changed to “Operation Iraqi Freedom” due to the acronym spelling out “OIL”.

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R70ga TIL Jeff Baxter, the guitarist for the Doobie Brothers, is now an expert on military use of rockets for missile defense and is an advisor at NASA.
GLL5 TIL that each letter in the English alphabet has an official word spelling out the letter. For example, “H” is spelled “aitch” and “Y” is spelled “wye”.
BrAdr TIL the Italy surrounded country of San Marino is the oldest constitutional republic, they have two presidents serving six month terms, there are about 1000 hotel rooms in entire country, their national sport is crossbow, they’ve never had a king since inception of 301 and never been taken over
4XLRR TIL Anglo-Saxon courts never attempted to unearth the facts in a case, it was up to each party to get as many people as possible to swear in their favor since it was assumed that any person of good standing would be able to find enough people to swear to their innocence to bolster their case.
4kBbN TIL that all people have hemorrhoids.