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TIL the brown paths of worn down grass are called "desire paths"

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wL1x8 TIL the fountain pen ink company Noodler's has an ink commemorating the Tiananmen Square Massacre - It's Blood Red
wovwM TIL Church's Chicken, which changed their name to Texas Chicken in Malaysia and other Muslim-majority countries, isn't named after a Christian house of worship, it's after founder George W. Church.
edmJ TIL that certain types of contact lenses worn only during sleep reshape your cornea. After taking them out in the morning, your vision is as good as it would be while normally wearing contacts or glasses. Studies also suggest the lenses slow or stop myopic progression in children.
aYD0 TIL that it was not until March of this year that Great Britain finally paid off it’s last debt from World War 1.
xVj7w TIL the phrase “get your goat” originated in horse racing. Horses would get very nervous before a race, so a goat partner would be placed in their stall for the night to help calm them. Unscrupulous opponents would then steal the goat in an effort to upset the horse and make them lose.