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TIL "Rebound" has been used to describe the period after a break-up since at least the 1830s

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6E6BJ TIL the term "Boston Tea Party" didn't appear in print until nearly 60 years after the actual event. For most of its early history it was known as the "destruction of the tea."
Nar1 TIL a physical education teacher in Texas wore the exact same disco-era polyester shirt and coffee-colored sweater vest in his school picture for 40 years in a row, until his retirement in 2013.
W7EKL TIL that all curling stones used in the winter Olympics come from Ailsa Craig in Scotland
6ErXJ TIL 1749 out of 1750 species of cacti are native to only The Americas
yBpl TIL A couple was charged $177 by a Hotel for posting a negative review on TripAdvisor