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TIL that the earliest known citation for "gaslight" as a verb, used to mean "psychologically manipulate someone," comes from a 1965 episode of the sitcom Gomer Pyle, USMC

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oRN0W TIL about anti ninja floors in Japan. They were purposefully made to squeak as to alert people of intruders.
Z8y6v TIL that the two largest pearls in the world were both found in Palawan, Philippines. The largest one weighs 75lbs and is said to be worth $100M. It was found by a fisherman, hid it under his bed and forgot about it for 10 years, the second is 14lbs and is known as the Pearl of Lao Tzu, worth $52M.
LQWnP TIL the word Snafu started off as a military acronym for the phrase Status Nominal: All Fouled Up. The military acronym started in the 1940s and was meant to highlight situational messes on missions. The term has since graduated to accepted slang.
4Xjo5 TIL about 'Pteridomania', a Victorian craze for ferns. Numerous ferneries appeared across the countries, with the fern motif 'appearing on everything from christening presents to gravestones and memorials', and even custard cream biscuits.
VBQ8Z TIL that e-bike use is increasing in Amish communities as an alternative to a horse and buggy