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TIL: A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase.

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epyok TIL about Marjorie Rice, a self-taught mathematician who, in the 1970s, discovered four new types of tessellating pentagons (figures able to pave a surface without leaving a void between them)
1aAEr TIL An elephant's memory is so good that it not only recognizes all the members of its own clan, but even other creatures who leave a strong impression on them. A pair of elephants who had performed in a circus together were able to recognize each other when they met again after 20 years.
p8X1N TIL that the most common noun in the English language, and the 55th most common word overall, is “time”.
6lDJ TIL France killed 45,000 Algerian civilians in two weeks in 8th of May 1945 who did nothing but went out to the streets demanding independence that they were promised after WWII
GYm6Q TIL that after adding up federal, state, and local taxes, San Francisco residents have the 9th highest highest marginal tax rate in the world