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TIL Golden Retrievers originated from Scotland

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a8YOA TIL of RAS syndrome, the act of appending a word to the end of an abbreviated term that already exists at the tail of it. e.g. ATM (automated teller machine) machine, PIN (personal identification number) number and amusingly, RAS (redundant acronym syndrome) syndrome
QNgkE TIL that for one species of moth, the male will shoot layers of hairs drenched in plant toxins onto the female to protect her from predators while he mates with her because copulation takes such a long time. This practice is called protective nuptial festooning!
rNpew TIL the country Lichtenstein is named for the ruling House of Lichtenstein, which is named after Lichtenstein Castle, located near Vienna.
L7Rm TIL that the only country in the world where women cannot vote is Vatican City
ANkkl TIL if you assume an event has a 1 in x chance of some outcome, and you perform that event x number of times, you have a ~63% chance of getting that outcome