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TIL an autological word expresses a property that it also possesses (e.g., “word” is a word and pentasyllabic has five syllables)

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Y7D9A TIL of Venus Callipyge, the godess of love, known for dat ass. According to legend, two sisters were arguing over who had the nicest ass, they call over some guy to get his opinion. He was so smitten by the booty that he ran home to tell his bro, they returned and brought prosperity to the town.
v1OLB TIL most Wasabi we eat is just horseradish, mustard and food coloring. Real Wasabi comes from grating the root Wasabia Japonica.
0wRoN TIL Membership applications by the UK to join the EU were refused in 1963 and 1967 because the French President of the time Charles de Gaulle doubted the UK’s political will.
DQXvg TIL that at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men’s 5000 metres race, for the first time in history all medalists were from Africa, with Burundi winnings its first gold medal, and Kenya and Morocco winning silver and bronze respectively.
ANYOx TIL a single 612 pound(278 kg) bluefin tuna sold for 333.6 million yen ($3.1 million) at a 2019 auction in Japan. This doubled the previous record of 155 million yen, set in 2013.