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TIL hand grenades got their name from the French word for pomegranate

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9oGG TIL that the “bubonic plague” was a specific way of dying from the plague wherein lymph nodes would swell into lumps called “bubos.” This is also the origin of bruises being called “boo-boos.”
RGma TIL rocker Keith Moon was so destructive to hotel property that once he insisted that the limo return to the hotel because he forgot something. He then went up to his room and tossed the television into the swimming pool below. When he got back into the limo he said, “I nearly forgot.”
mv5M TIL Earth is the only planet we know of that has techtonic plates.
1aV1d TIL that 3 people in the US are still using iron lungs from childhood polio. Repairs to the equipment is near impossible.
vQBL TIL Curling is believed to be one of the world’s oldest team sports.