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TIL about Stigler's Law - which "states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer." Yes - apparently Stigler [intentionally] stole credit for this from a sociologist (Robert Merton).

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oBQd8 TIL that in 1982, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was rushed to hospital when a fish bone became stuck in her throat, and she ended up having an operation to remove it. Being a keen fisher, she calmly joked when it was done: "The salmon have got their own back".
R5bm8 TIL rock legend Geddy Lee's name was actually inspired by his Polish mother's mispronunciation of his given name, Gary.
VAOZ TIL That Neither France nor Morocco were the first countries to acknowledge U.S Sovereignty, in reality, the Danish and Dutch were the first, saluting American ships in the West Indies in 1776.
YEpv TIL that the red liquid in a rare steak isn’t blood. It is actually water and a protein called myoglobin.
opBA TIL there is a mineral called “Cummingtonite” named after its place of discovery: Cummington, Massachusetts