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TIL The last month of the year used to be February

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DQWoe TIL that the companies behind the special effects of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Wētā Workshop and Wētā FX, are named for a group of large insects from New Zealand. However, the name as often written (weta) is a Maori word for excrement
eJgk TIL Coke has a relationship with Mcdonalds and gives them perks to make their coke taste better, such as better water filters, cooler tubes, and better containers for syrup.
wL1B1 TIL that people brought picnic baskets and opera glasses to watch the first battle of the US Civil War, expecting the whole dispute to be over quickly and easily. They had a bad day.
gMvDX TIL William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody had incredibly progressive views in his time. He openly spoke out against slavery in 1853 and was stabbed twice by an angered member of the mostly pro-slavery crowd; and advocated equal rights for women, the civil rights of Natives, and conservationism.
j6opQ TIL that Alexander the Great may have actually been killed by the embalming process after he was presumed dead from another illness.