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TIL about Recursive Acronyms, which are acronyms that include the acronym within the meaning of the acronym. Noteable examples include GNU which stands for "GNU's Not Unix"

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BDpK TIL: The average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years (10 days in one year). The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year thanks to the mobility of the helicopter.
R7Dd9 TIL if you're having trouble at a Japanese Rail Ticket Machine, a secret hatch will pop open next to the machine and a helper will pop out of it to manually finish the transaction for you.
MGKm TIL There is a wild population of 40 hippopotamuses living in Colombia, all descendants of 4 hippos owned by Pablo Escobar in the ‘80s
gNMy TIL Coca-Cola released a drink, Tab Clear, with the sole intention to be marketed so bad, that people wouldn’t want to drink it, in an attempt to ruin sales of Pepsico’s equivalent, Crystal Pepsi, by comparison. It worked.
Lwpp TIL 80% of Canadian women use contraception, only 64% of American women do.