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TIL of the theory of nominative determinism in that people tend to gravitate towards careers that fit their names

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roM TIL that Grammar Pedantry Syndrome, GPS, is a form of OCD in which the sufferers have to correct every grammatical error
Wkvy8 TIL Melinda Liu not only saw this pandemic in 2017, but she, named the very town in China where it would originate.
Z80aa TIL about Italian scientist Francesco Redi who, in 1668, proved that maggots come from the eggs of flies. At the time, prevailing wisdom was that maggots arose spontaneously from rotting meat.
dngK TIL that Gatling gun salesmen would go to Civil War battlefields in order to demonstrate their products in actual combat.
J1aXm TIL in order to prevent certain legal instruments from operating in perpetuity, a Royal Lives Clause may be written into a contract which provides a definite but extended period of time usually tied to twenty-one years past the death of last living descendent of the current British monarch.