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Today I learned "CAPTCHA" is an acronym: "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"

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OGLx4 TIL that the names for Wales, Walloonia, Cornwall, Gaul, and many more, are related via one proto-germanic word meaning "foreigner"
neg6r TIL It was common for elite Romans and Greeks to paint their banquet floors with pictures of food scraps. This trend was called “asarotos oikos”, or “unswept room”.
l9DN TIL between 2010-2012, DNA testing found that over half of fish labeled and sold as “Tuna” in the USA was NOT tuna. 87% of Red Snapper sold were also found to be completely mislabeled.
mmWO TIL we possess all of the technology necessary for “vactrains” capable of speeds of 4000+ mph
DQ0vP TIL that when Charles Guiteau bought the gun he would use to assassinate President Garfield, he chose one with a more expensive ivory handle, thinking it would look better in a museum. Though the gun was given to the Smithsonian, it has since been lost.