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TIL in 2009, speakers of Swabian German, a very distinct southern German dialect, voted Muggeseggele (=“scrotum of a housefly”) as the “Most beautiful Swabian word”, well ahead of any other terms. It is used to describe very small units of measure.

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61dw TIL of twin brothers who ran a marathon where halfway through the race they switched places in a toilet. The 1st brother drove ahead while his twin ran,rejoining the race ahead finishing 9th winning R6000. A keen eyed journalist noticed the two wore their watches on opposite hands in different pics.
9YPZ6 TIL The dimples on a golf ball allow it to travel up to twice the distance of a smooth ball. The dimples increase lift and decrease drag
woM06 TIL Eliot Indian Bible (1663), It was the first Bible translated into a Native American language on the continent, carried out by John Eliot financed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England and with the help of natives Cockenoe, John Sassamon, Job Nesuton and James Printer.
4k8w6 TIL African-Americans enjoyed equal rights in the aftermath of the Civil War. It was a series of policies and Supreme Court decisions that disenfranchised the black community and stripped them gradually over the decades over their newfound freedoms. In 1873 there was even a Black Governor of LA.
v1x7r TIL of the Edelweiss Pirates. A proto-hippie youth group in Germany which fought Nazi's as they frolicked through the countryside playing guitars and singing Anti-Nazi folk songs at campfires. They sheltered escaped concentration-camp prisoners and Allied soldiers in a program of armed resistance.