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TIL New Amsterdam was given to the Duke of York in 1664 as an 18th birthday present from his father. He then renamed the city New York.

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ZpjMv TIL - Onasemnogene abeparvovec, sold under the brand name Zolgensma, is a gene therapy used to treat spinal muscular atrophy. Its famous because of its price of 2.125 million dollars a treatment.
8aQla TIL Used Crayola crayons that are too small to grasp or too flat to draw with are named “Leftolas”. In 2003, the company asked kids around the country to send in blue “Leftolas”. Crayola received the equivalent of 123,000 crayons. They used it to create Big Blue, a 1,500lb crayon that’s 15ft long.
vKPx TIL that 54% of girls under age 16 have experienced some form of unwanted sexual attention; 24% have experienced rape or coercive sex; 17% have experienced incest. The rate of sexual abuse for girls with disabilities is quadruple that of the national average. (Today is Women’s day.)
BeBd TIL that Australia is the only continent outside of Antartica WITHOUT an established deer population.
W76k9 TIL the eponymous subject of Pink Floyd's song "See Emily Play" (1967) is believed to be then-16 year old Emily Young. She went on to become one of Britain's leading stone sculptors.