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TIL that Q-tips were originally called "Baby Gays"

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JREm TIL that before the 20th century, sugar was sold as one big rock and special tools were required to break pieces off.
geny TIL Confucius’ actual name was Kong Qiu. The name “Confucius” comes from the honorific “Kong Fuzi,” meaning “Grand Master Kong”
69yJ7 TIL in January 1991 20 year old downhill skier Gernot Reinstadler passed away after freak accident involving his skis and safety netting. In front of a large crowd he was essentially torn in two at the pelvis, leaving a train of blood and entrails behind in the snow.
9wlvr TIL of Ettore Majorana, an Italian theoretical physicist who predicted the existence of the neutron and neutrino before disappearing without a trace in 1938
4k6r5 TIL about the Carna botnet. A non malicious botnet that took over 400,000 computers and collected and published data. Over 1.2M computers had admin access with no password or the password “admin”.