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TIL of the term Euphemism Treadmill: As words turn into a pejorative they get replaced by other words that turn into a pejorative

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aEY0 TIL A baseball player only needs to spend one day in the major leagues to earn free healthcare for life.
LkBYZ TIL of the Youth International Party, a US political party in the 1960’s who’s nomination for president was a pig named Pigasus
5YEMD TIL of Banana Equivalent Dose, an informal measurement of ionizing radiation exposure in comparison to radioactivity dose one is exposed to by eating one average-sized banana.
RJYl TIL A species of bird called the Passenger Pigeon once numbered in the billions in the US, and flocks passing overhead would blot out the sun sometimes for hours or days. They were hunted to extinction for their meat by 1900.
dDZ8Q TIL The Nahuas are also sometimes referred to as Aztecs. Using this term for the Nahuas has generally fallen out of favor in scholarship, though it is still used for the Aztec Empire. They have also been called Mēxihcatl and Mēxihcah.