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TIL - term "pachyderm", commonly used to describe elephants, rhinoceroses, tapirs, and hippopotamuses is obsolete and no longer recognized.

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4kyVw TIL - Home Insurance Companies are one of the largest investors in Fossil Fuels
e7r6 TIL in 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: “I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I’m innocent.”
x6577 TIL name of the Halliburton Company is inscribed on the dome of the Oklahoma State Capitol Building
OoBG6 TIL that early spy satellites shot photos using film cameras, then shot a capsule with the film reel back to Earth, where it was captured mid-air by a US military aircraft
W7Vp8 TIL a politician made up the U.S. state name “Idaho” after meeting a girl named Ida. He falsely claimed it was a Native American term.