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TIL The English Horn is French, and the French Horn is German

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E1N6w TIL of Jim Abbott, who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball despite being born with one hand. In 1993, he pitched the eighth no-hitter game in Yankees history.
gMaW7 TIL Since the death of Confucius in 479 BC, all his descendants have been registered. With over 2 million registered descendants alive today. Making it the largest family tree in the world.
9wwLQ TIL in the movie Misery, when Kathy Bates 'hobbles' James Caan with a sledge hammer, the scene was deliberately downgraded. She was supposed to chop off his foot with an axe, then cauterize the wound with a propane torch.
gBKD TIL Cars in Germany are given a colored sticker corresponding to the emission level of the vehicle. These stickers allow or restrict a driver’s ability to drive through certain environmental zones of the country.
1b5X TIL in 1856 Sir Andrew Waugh calculated the height of Mt. Everest to be exactly 29,000ft. However, he published the calculation of 29,002ft. due to the fear that the former would seem like nothing more than a rounded estimate. This makes him the first person to put two feet on top of Mt. Everest.