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TIL that a heteronym is the opposite of a homonym: two words that are spelled the same way (bass, entrance, dove) but different pronunciations have different meanings

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kOJ9g TIL That people eat tulips, and cook with them.
Ap74 TIL according to Cynthia Lennon - John’s first wife - in regards to child support and the divorce settlement he said: “My final offer is seventy-five thousand pounds. That’s like winning the pools (lottery), so what are you moaning about? You’re not worth any more.”
VMpPk TIL that the first synthetic plastic was invented as a submission in a $10,000 award contest to find a replacement for ivory in the manufacture of billiard balls.
E1vKx TIL that there is a subspecies of mosquitoes that has adapted to life in the London Underground by neither requiring water to lay its eggs nor hibernating in winter months
jNABR TIL that in 1981, Disneyland was sued by the family of a nine-year-old girl, claiming that a performer in a Winnie the Pooh suit had hit her in the face, causing brain damage. The performer defended himself in court by wearing the costume and demonstrating that he was unable to hit anyone.