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TIL that the word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

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D1BAg TIL All border collies can be traced back to one dog, Old Hemp
loAdV TIL in 1958, Frank Herbert was talking with his friend from the Quileute tribe, whose lands were being destroyed due to excessive logging. The man said white people were "gonna turn this whole planet into a wasteland, just like North Africa." This inspired Herbert to write Dune.
N7ZA8 TIL Louis III of France, who became king of West Francia aged 15, died at 18 years old when jumped on a horse, rode through a low door and hit his head on the lintel, fracturing his skull.
x6j5k TIL Neil Armstrong became a professor after he walked on the moon, teaching aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati.
nemOY TIL before his death, author Robert Louis Stevenson gifted his friends daughter his own birthday. The daughter had been born on Christmas, and complained she felt like she had no real birthday