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TIL Shaq owns 10% of all Five Guys restaurants in North America

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Y7LRG TIL that the pound sign £ is a stylised L, from the Latin "libra pondo" (a Roman unit of weight). The reason why it's called a "pound sterling" was because it was originally defined as the value of a pound of sterling silver.
kJlb5 TIL that the word "confetti" in English and in Italian means 2 different things (respectively little pieces of paper or plastic that you throw at parties, and almonds covered in chocolate and sugar that you gift to wedding guests)
LQGXv TIL Manon Rhéaume was the first woman to play in a National Hockey League (NHL) game, which also made her the first woman to play in any of the major professional North American sports leagues (September 23, 1992).
v1mYx TIL South Africa developed nukes and voluntarily dismantled them. It's the only country in history to do this.
9YKoM Today I learned about a "Cat Organ", a hypothetical musical instrument which consists of a line of cats fixed in place with their tails stretched out underneath a keyboard so that they cry out when a key is pressed.