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TIL that ‘electrocution’ is a portmanteau of ‘electric’ and ‘execution’ and as such only refers to lethal electrical shocks

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Yp87d TIL fewer than 1 in 10 Americans meet the minimum daily fruit recommendation.
EBjP TIL French WWI infantry went into a disastrous battle baa'ing like sheep- they knew they were being sent to the slaughter.
vPaej TIL in 2018, the term “Ass-Clown” was added into Webster’s Dictionary, crediting Mike Judge as the screenwriter behind Office Space for coining it
8elZZ TIL The forerunner to the pressure cooker, the steam digester, was desigend to separate out fats and prepare bones for bone meal.
4k45 TIL that a rebellion led by the self-proclaimed “brother of Jesus” nearly toppled the Qing Dynasty in China during the 1800’s.