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TIL that from 1853 until 1945, Lake Tahoe was officially known as "Lake Bigler."

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wxyW TIL that by clicking on the first link of any given Wikipedia article, and continuing that process on every other subsequent article, you will almost always arrive on the “Philosophy” page
Z8xQv TIL of Duexis, a brand name medication consisting of ibuprofen 800 (4 advils) and famotidine 26.6 (1 and 1/3 pepcid) per capsule. A 90 count bottle costs over $3000, whereas 360 advils and 120 pepcid cost around $25.
Doaj TIL that the CIA hired a magician to train agents in sleight of hand techniques for use in their mickey-slipping LSD experiments…
VMnJm TIL that following their successful Billion Tree Tsunami campaign in 2017 to plant 1 billion trees, Pakistan launched the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami campaign, vowing to plant 10 billion trees in the next 5 years
Lk0J0 TIL that the term "riding shotgun" comes from the word "shotgun messenger" referring to the guard sitting next to the Stagecoach driver who used a shotgun to ward off robbers and miscreants. This found its way into popular culture through Hollywood's love of Westerns