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TIL The original name of color orange was Geoluhread and later people started calling it Orange after the fruit.

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WkJEL TIL that the adult mayfly lives less than 24 hours. Its sole purpose is to find partners and mate before it dies. The adults of many mayfly species don't even have mouths and digestive systems, because they don't live long enough to need them.

l8aa TIL During one week in November 1994, Tim Allen simultaneously starred in the highest grossing film (The Santa Clause), topped the New York Times best-seller list with his book Don’t Stand Too Close to a Naked Man, and appeared in the top rated television series (Home Improvement)

oB8NL TIL in 1935 Germany sent Nazi lawyers to America to study Jim Crows laws to learn how to legally discriminate against and disenfranchise its Jewish citizens.

ZkpG TIL that the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous wanted to include the use of LSD in the 12-step program, saying that it helped the user find “a power greater than ourselves” that “could restore us to sanity”

b6RJ0 TIL that King Henry VIII was buried next to Jane Seymour; she was his third wife and the mother of his only son. His only son was King Edward VI, and King Edward VI died before having any children.