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TIL the name of the TIME magazine stands for “The International Magazine of Events”

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neB77 TIL a Stormtrooper smacks his head in Star Wars: A New Hope and George Lucas kept it in the movie.
rRNd4 To strain out the nasty stuff we breathe in. It’s like an air filter in your house, says Justin Turner, an otolaryngologist (short, sort of, for otorhinolaryngologist, Greek for ear (oto), nose (rhino), and throat (laryng)) at Stanford University. Nose hairs trap dirt, viruses, bacteria and toxins until we blow them out, sneeze, or swallow.
yLap TIL a single “panini” is actually called a panino. Only multiple sandwiches are panini.
4XWeN TIL about Amy Rorbach, a reporter for ABC News, who underwent a mammogram live on air in 2013 to promote the procedure for Breast Cancer Awareness month. It was discovered that she did have cancer, and the procedure likely saved her life.
OGoP4 TIL that Q-tips were originally called "Baby Gays"