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TIL: The word at the end of a road/street name actually means something

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AMZg TIL crocodilians (e.g. crocodiles, alligators, and caimans) are more closely related to birds than they are to any other existing reptile species
1a157 TIL that the Oneida silverware company started as a utopian society where they would have post menopausal women teach teenage boys about sex
wLEW TIL the leadership of the Communist Party of China are mostly professional engineers, thus China is in fact a Technocracy.
vPGnx TIL despite being one of the best selling rappers ever, Tupac had an estimated net worth of only $200,000 at the time of his death
p85dN TIL that Henry II, King of France 1547-1559, died due to a septic infection caused by splinter piercing his eye during a jousting match. His death played a significant role in the decline of jousting as a sport in France.