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TIL the word “Seoul”, the name of South Korea’s capital, is an old Korean word meaning “capital city”.

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p8LJe TIL the word rooster was coined by English colonial protestants in the 1700s as an alternative to the word cock, in order to avoid the vulgar connotations. Until relatively recent times, this was primarily an Americanism, with most of the English speaking world still using cock for a male chicken.
KOGoB TIL researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound using artificial intelligence (AI) which can kill some of the world's most dangerous bacteria. According to a study published in the journal Cell.
QN0pd TIL that only two people survived a fall through a cumulonimbus cloud. One of the cases suffered severe frostbite and decompression injuries and was trapped in the cloud for more than 30 minutes.
7lap TIL - A blind man shot better than two-thirds of his pistol marksmanship course, scored a 105/100 and earned his gun permit (concealed carry permit)
m1XdP TIL a Japanese cafe has robots that serve customers while being controlled by paralysed people, who get paid 1,000 yen (about $7.66) per hour for their work.