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TIL that there is a difference between an acronym and an initialism. An acronym is when the initials of the words form a new word (e.g. NATO = Nayto) and an initialism is when the initials do not make a new word but are instead read out individually (e.g. BBC = B B C)

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d8RyK TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza probably isn’t the one you think it is. Of the three famous pyramids, the LEFTMOST one is actually the Great Pyramid. The one in the middle is 7 feet shorter, but it sits on higher ground making it look taller.
KYyGE TIL there is no proof that dumber people produce more children
v8wR TIL the world is running out of chocolate, and the world’s top producers predict that by 2030, we will have a chocolate deficit of over 2 million metric tons.
KVlJ TIL the concept of the “rap battle” has existed since the 5th century, where poets would engage in “flyting,” a spoken word event where poets would insult one another in verse. The Norse god Loki is noted as having insulted other gods in verse.
neRNY TIL the U.S. was on the verge of drafting women into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in anticipation of the invasion of the Japanese mainland in late 1945 during World War II