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TIL Jon Stewart’s brother Larry is the COO of the New York Stock Exchange

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mxZDp TIL that before the new world was colonized, "corn" could refer to any edible plant-seed including millet, barley, rye, wheat, maize, or oats. English settlers had no word for maize, so they called it "Indian corn," and eventually just corn.
DDPY TIL in India, there is a Guardian Angels-style vigilante group that protects young couples who fall in love across different castes. They are called the Love Commandos
XEDMQ TIL the Hyena is NOT a canine species. Instead it's part of the feliform suborder and thus closer to a cat-like species.
xebB TIL that the term “third world” refers to the political allegiance of a country and has nothing to do with its level of development.
o6kL TIL dolphins will play with whales by lying on the whale’s head while the whale slowly raises it above the water’s surface