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TIL the Python programming language was named after Monty Python, not the animal.

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R74j1 TIL: Out of respect for David Letterman, Conan O'Brien urges his audience to switch the channel and watch the final Late Show with David Letterman instead.
Z8mrp TIL of Efunroye Tinubu, a powerful slave trader in 19th century Nigeria. She was thought to have been so unapologetic and profit minded, she attempted to subvert a British anti-slavery treaty and, after a slave trade went wrong, said she: "would rather drown the slaves than sell them at a discount."
6EGk8 TIL 90% of the world’s population lives on the northern hemisphere
DKjP TIL Original Tabasco sauce is aged 3 years in oak barrels
AR87 TIL The United States is the most armed nation with 88.8 guns per 100 people.