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TIL that ‘Vanilla’ comes from the latin word 'Vagina’ due to the way the way the pod must be split open to expose the seeds (#3)

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oBELA TIL famed Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, upon being approached for his first album in 1955, disregarded objections from studio executives and played Bach's Goldberg Variations, a piece almost unknown at the time. The recording became an instant best-seller and immediately launched Gould's career.
000N TIL of William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, who was so incredibly introverted that none of his hundreds of employees were even allowed to acknowledge him. He once fired a worker for raising his hat at him.
oRMPY TIL that from 1920 to 1946, Hungary was a kingdom with neither a king nor a clear plan about crowning one. For the whole period, the country was ruled by the regent Miklós Horthy.
LkoE9 TIL Magellan didn't circumnavigate the globe. Magellan only made it to the Philippines, where he started a battle and was killed by natives. It was one of his Captains — Juan Sebastián Elcano 1476 – 1526 — who actually completed the journey, yet historically has not received credit for his journey.
v1E8D TIL in 2010, The U.S. Air Force made the fastest computer in the US Defense Department with 1,760 PlayStation 3's