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TIL "willy-nilly" comes from "will he, nill he," meaning "whether he likes it or not." Over time, both the meaning and spelling have changed.

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xkKw TIL there’s a skyscraper in Japan that has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
oRyVr TIL about May Whitley, a self-defence expert in the 1930s
9YeNB TIL that Suzanne Somers was fired from 'Three’s Company' for asking for equal pay with her male co-star, John Ritter, who was earning five times her salary.
nenGd TIL that in 1993, lawyer Garry Hoy attempted to show that the windows in a building were nearly unbreakable by running into one at full speed. The window was knocked out of its frame and Hoy fell with it to his death. However, the window did not break.
4DNo TIL A&W introduced a burger that was bigger and less expensive than McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, but it failed because customers assumed 1/3 was less than ¼.