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TIL: Pecan is a Native American word meaning " “all nuts requiring a stone to crack.”

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e0g7E TIL Hubert Blaine held the world record for the longest personal name ever used. His full name is made up of 26 names followed by a 988 letter surname. There is debate over the correct spelling.
Z0gB TIL that 80 year old Yusuf Alchagoriv was attacked by a bear, head butted it, and was thrown off a cliff, and still survived.
OoB4L TIL animals would face trial and execution if they killed humans in medieval times. The state would even pay the costs of a lawyer for the animals.
KOJeJ TIL In 2008, Mike Schultz, a pro snowmobile racer, had his left leg amputated above the knee. Seven months later, he was zooming around on a dirt bike wearing a prosthetic leg that he designed and built himself. X Games 8x gold medalist motocross snowcross and Gold Silver paralympic Snowboarding.
grvmy TIL the Swedish military goes by mission command rather than chain of command. Meaning orders & rules can be ignored if they interfere with objectives. This led to some friction in Bosnia as Nordbat 2 would ignore UNs rules of engagement to obtain the primary objective of preserving civilian lives.