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TIL Hippos have red sweat that is frequently mistaken for blood

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OoAne TIL that, unlike Mr. (an abbreviation of "mister"), it is rare for Mrs. to be written in a non-abbreviated form, and the unabbreviated word lacks a standard spelling. Missis, missus, misses, and even mis'ess have been used.
W598 TIL, Theodore Roosevelt referred to Thomas Paine, who came up with the terms “United States of America,” as a “filthy little atheist.”
j64GN TIL Aristotle founded the Peripatetic school of philosophy in 335 BCE and many of the free lectures were open to the general public. He liked to walk around while holding discussions with students and it had no set curriculum or even fees for membership
eprG4 TIL there's an abandoned L1011 Tristar on a random beach in Benin. It isn't clear why or how it got there. The interior is well preserved and someone still cleans it.
YvWB TIL that a 14 year old boy broke into Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace while disguised as a chimney sweep then ran off with her underwear.