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TIL that “Overmorrow” is a word that means “the day after tomorrow” and is considered obsolete. But I think it should make a comeback.

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W7Dg9 TIL: The Times of London mistakenly prematurely published the obituary of BBC commentator Rex Alston, who was 84 at the time. A year later, he remarried, which the Times reported, making him the only person whose obituary was published before his wedding announcement.
8awla TIL Napoleon discovered in his Egyptian campaign, the remains of an ancient canal linking the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. He planned to rebuild the canal, but gave up when it seemed to expensive. This was a couple decades before the Suez Canal.
dDAw8 TIL The US Once Considered a Plan to Detonate a Nuclear Bomb on the Moon
a8Qn9 TIL in the 1980s, the British rock band Gene Loves Jezebel was formed by twin brothers Michael & Jay Aston. Around 1997, they split into two bands, each with the same name due to separate US/UK naming rights. The Mountain Goats' song "Abandoned Flesh" summarizes GLJ's confusing history.
wdgJ TIL that the happiest marriages are those where the wife is able to calm down quickly after arguments.