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TIL taser is an acronym (Thomas A. Swift’s electric rifle)

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XEOv8 TIL that Polynesians may have traveled to the Americas in pre-columbian times. Sweet potatoes originated from the Americas were found in the islands when Cpt. Cook discovered them. The Maori word for sweet potato "kumala" is almost the same as the Quechuan's word "k'umara" for sweet potato.
YpdOB TIL the word "dunce" comes from "Dunses"- followers of John Duns Scotus, a highly respected 13th century Scottish Scholastic theologian and philosopher who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1993.
b9rkQ TIL Jujube candies, a theater favorite, were invented in the early 18th century (1709 AD) - and are named after the date like Jujube fruit.
5kDQ TIL when Salvador Dali was recently exhumed to determine whether a fortune teller is his biological daughter, his moustache was still perfectly intact.
OjWY TIL At the 2002 winter Olympics, an Australian went from last place to winning the gold medal in speed skating after every other skater crashed on the last corner.