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TIL that Nike is a Greek goddess whose name literally means “Victory”. The Roman name for this goddess is Victoria.

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a99Z TIL Primus is the only band with its own genre tag on iTunes/Winamp.
E1aEo TIL that the cottage where Ulysses Grant finished his memoirs is now an historic monument and is kept how it was when he died. On his desk is a large bottle of liquid cocaine. Park rangers check it annually to make sure it is all there.
rRNLd TIL there was a residential building in Greenland called "Blok P" in which 1% of population of the entire country lived
kJYme TIL about Lettice Fisher who worked to reform UK laws such as the "Bastardy Acts" in order to challenge the stigma associated with single parent families, and to provide them with support
jNDmR TIL restaurant owner Joseph Cerniglia committed suicide in the Hudson river in 2010. Gordon Ramsay had told him on Kitchen Nightmares that ‘Your business is about to fucking swim down the Hudson’ in 2007.