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TIL that "hello" is a relatively new word. The first time we have it in writing is 1826

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0wkMy TIL that there is a statue in Russia that honors all the laboratory mice that have sacrificed their lives in order to further scientific research
9wDgB TIL Elvis Costello's dad recorded an album covering Elvis Presley's hits.
PYWKG TIL Joseph Mazzello, the boy from "Jurassic Park", was originally going to be the robot boy David in the Stanley Kubrick directed version of "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence".
YpRBA TIL a toilet cleaner in the Netherlands was advertised using the slogan "We, the people at Toilet Duck, recommend Toilet Duck." The slogan is still being used as today a general saying to dispute the independence of an expert when his statements align with his self-interest.
E1K6P TIL monks in Westminster Abbey would eat 6,000 calories a day normally and 4,500 a day when "fasting". They drank a gallon of beer and 10 oz of wine and ate 2.25 lbs of bread, 5 eggs, and 2 lbs of meat or fish a day. Many monks became obese and suffered related conditions.