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TIL the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos have decided to keep their name, with the blessings of the Inuit people

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QQjE TIL Japan, like the US, has no “official” language.
LQLLp TIL the world's first hard drive, the IBM 350, was introduced in 1956. It was leased to companies for $37,600/month (adjusted to 2024), weighed one ton, and held 3.75 MB, about the size of a small PDF file.
VAvk TIL the Australian skink (a lizard species) lays eggs in some regions and gives live birth in others, thus illustrating evolution in real time
rRXPM TIL there were Walmarts in Germany
R5Wj6 TIL there is a mineral called Cummingtonite. It is named after the town of Cummington, Massachusetts, rather than being a tongue-in-cheek reference.