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TIL acre and the prefix agri- (agriculture) share a common ancestor in an ancient Bronze age language, proto-indo-european. The same is true for the words futile and God.

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PYL0E TIL In 1988, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole called a studio at 3am and asked if he could record because he had a good idea. The studio owner said yes even though he already closed the studio. 15 minutes later he recorded Israel playing his ukelele and recorded "Over the Rainbow" in one take.
mxymv TIL Monterey Jack cheese was originally marketed by a businessman from Monterey named Jack.
grmZy TIL: In 2005, YouTube founders asked attractive women to upload videos of themselves to YouTube in exchange for a $100 reward
X0Vv8 TIL King Tut's knife was made from meteorite iron.
b6jAZ TIL in Canada, most airport codes begin with the letter Y as back in the 1930s, it was important to know whether or not an airport had a weather/radio station located on its premises, for safety and landing reasons. If it did, the letter Y for "yes" was added in front of the existing radio call sign