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TIL Fall (aka Autumn) is the only season to have two names because the switchover from one to the other happened during the founding of the American colonies

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yVa7e TIL that the English ‘Gh’ in words like “Night” or “Eight” wasn’t originally silent, and was pronounced like the ‘Ch’ in the German words “Nacht” and “Acht”. Scots(a language derived from Middle English), still pronounced the Gh sound.
J1KA8 TIL Galileo's middle finger is on display in Florence
VBl5m TIL the Harvard Corporation was founded in 1650 to govern Harvard University, and is the oldest corporation in the Western Hemisphere
yN8w TIL on average dolphins rape about 14 people a year
78OOX TIL Torisashi or "chicken sashimi" is an uncommon but real Japanese dish made of thinly sliced raw chicken. If seared, the dish is called Toriwasa.