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TIL that Yucatan was named so because of a misunderstanding. The Spanish people asked the locals what was the place called. They replied Yucatan,which meant in the local language that ‘I don’t understand you’

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BrQVe TIL that a 9-year-old boy decided he wanted to help the families of fallen US soldiers. He started a Facebook page and eventually traded up to $900 worth of Disney gift certificates, airfare and hotel credits. He then gave the trip to a 2-year-old girl who had lost her father in Afghanistan.
rxMw TIL that during the Falklands war, the British Navy mistook whales for submarines and torpedoed them
VMZvD TIL that the common saying to identify a poisonous snake, ‘Red touches black, friend of Jack. Res touches yellow will kill a fellow”, is only applicable in North America
axpJ TIL that in 1990, Chuck Berry was sued by 59 women because - at his Missouri restaurant, “The Southern Air” - he had had hidden cameras installed in the ladies’ room. Even though one female was a minor, he managed to avoid sexual abuse charges, and paid out a settlement of $1.2million.
VMrKD TIL Snapple tried to break the world record for the biggest Popsicle only to fail and flood Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground.