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TIL "Pokemon" means 'pocket monster(s)'

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4XlRR TIL Sirius XM radio is named after the brightest star in the sky, Sirius, as a reference to satellites.
woLRW TIL about wacky cake, a spongy, cocoa-based cake. It is unique in that unlike most pastries and desserts, no eggs, butter or milk are used to make it. Wacky cake may have been created as the result of rationing during World War II.
W7By8 TIL that up to 4% of Normandy's beaches are composed of shrapnel from the D-Day Landings.
YpeGZ TIL each year U of Chicago students embark on a scavenger hunt. The 1999 list included a French Canadian, Fisher Price Baby's First Flamethrower, 5 Mensa membership cards and a nuclear reactor. Justin Kasper and Fred Niell built a plutonium-producing reactor in a single day to get 2nd place
v1AZj TIL The ritual of releasing doves in the Olympics originated in 1896. The ritual was altered to be purely symbolic after the doves released in the 1988 Seoul Olympics landed on the Olympic Torch and were burnt alive when it was lit.