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TIL: The opposite of "synonym" is "antonym"

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5YNEn TIL that until 2017, the toilets on UK trains flushed onto the tracks below.
QNyxL TIL the "tank" was named by the British military during WWI to make the enemy think they were developing a kind of water carrier instead of a secret new weapon.
R5VZ4 TIL During the American War of Independence, more Americans died as prisoners of war on British prison ships than all of the Revolutionary War engagements combined.
W4NA TIL Even without fossil fuels, we will exceed our 565 gigatonnes CO2e limit by 2030, all from raising animals.
J1DRV TIL in 1859 Delos Ashley and David Jack bought nearly all of the California town of Montery for $1,000. David unethically evicted his tennants and claim their products including a monestary's cheeses. Jack sold those cheese and it was so popular his buyers called them "Montery Jack's Cheese."