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TIL In Turkey, the word for “turkey” is “hindi”, meaning “India”. In India, the word for “turkey” is “peru”.

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lo5nB TIL that in 2004 a British man auctioned and sold off literally all his possessions to fly out to Vegas and bet it all on one spin of roulette.
nWV0b TIL Chief Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist (1972-2005) was addicted to insomnia drug Placidyl and had to undergo a monthlong detox in December 1981.
X0DD TIL that kangaroos do not fart and scientists hope to extract the bacteria responsible for eating the farts to reduce carbon dioxide from livestock.
LQxwV TIL that in 1996, the captain and flight engineer of a colombian cargo flight decided to prank their novice first officer by giving him control of the plane and shutting off two engines. The plane stalled immediately after takeoff and crashed into a neigbourhood, killing 22 people
4Pjg TIL: That Colonel Sanders got fired from dozens of jobs. Including being a lawyer. He found himself broke at the age of 65, and decided to start KFC.