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TIL that the Tab ↹ Key on a keyboard is actually short for Tabulator Key or Tabular Key.

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mxRev TIL Lynchburg, TN isn't named after lynchings, but after Lynchburg, VA. Lynchburg, VA was named after founder John Lynch. John's brother was a man called Charles Lynch, a militiaman and quaker who extra-judiciously lynched Loyalists and is considered to be the namesake of the term lynching.
x68x1 Til The letters of last resort are 4 identically worded handwritten letters from the prime minister of the UK to the commanding officers of the 4 British ballistic missile submarines. They contain orders on what action to take if an enemy nuclear strike has destroyed the British government.
Ypr7d TIL orchids are named after the greek word for testes (orchis) due to the shape of their tubers
AD4Aa TIL in 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law criminalizing oral and anal sex in private between consenting adults. It wasn't till 2003 the Supreme Court reversed the decision with Lawrence v. Texas, invalidating sodomy laws in the remaining 14 states.
dDRVK TIL about Dr. Richard Jarecki a medical professor who figured out how to beat roulette and won a fortune in the 60's.