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TIL that the word "Yenta" doesn't actually refer to a Jewish matchmaker but is instead a Yiddish give name for girls which became associated with matchmaking because of the musical Fiddler on the Roof

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DZe TIL that the tallest building in all of Wyoming is only 12 stories high. It’s a freshman dorm.
BgpeL TIL that outlaw John Wesley Hardin was killed by John Selman. Selman was in turn killed by George Scarborough. Six years later, Scarborough was shot dead.
BrLdW TIL that the music video of the song "Basket Case" from Green day was filmed in a mental asylum called "Agnews Developmental Center." It was also originally filmed in black and white but was later colored in(however the patients of the asylum were not colored in and stay B&W)
apm0 TIL movie theater popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon
9YdLp TIL of Pēteris Lapainis. A soldier who served in Russian imperial army, Soviet armed forces, Latvian army and German military. He fought in both world wars and received multiple high-ranking awards from each army he served. After second world war he spent 20 years in Soviet captivity.