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TIL the difference between an acronym and an abbreviation

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woyoP TIL that the Earth rotates around its axis 366 times every year
5VXm9 TIL that lower class Germans are stereotyped as giving their children names that sound exotic in German, such as “Kevin.” Prejudice against people with such names is strong enough that the term “Kevinism” was coined to describe it.
gbZL TIL In the Netherlands road constructors are by law obliged to do 20 years maintenance, hence now they make the best roads in the world
dDmv7 TIL about RTX, otherwise known as Resiniferatoxin. A compound that is 500x more potent than Capsaicin with a Scoville Heat Unit Score of 16 Billion. Ingesting 1/1,000,000 of a gram can induce severe burning pain and chemical burns.
0wjL5 TIL that rats left unaided in water will drown in a few minutes because they feel hopeless, but if they know there is hope of being rescued they will last for days.