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TIL the word "synonym" has two synonyms - "poecilonym" and "polyonym"

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jNwLn TIL The rescue of Denmark’s Jews during WWII was so successful, that 99% of the country’s Jewish population escaped. From October 1943, 7,220 of Denmark's 7,800 Jews were ferried to Sweden. At the request of the group, Yad Vashem honoured the Danish Resistance as a whole, than as individuals.
pkxZ TIL in 1935, a shark on display in an Australian aquarium vomited up a human arm, there were no tooth marks anywhere and the limb had been cleanly removed with a blade. The investigation resulted in a man shooting himself in the head before leading police boats on a hours-long chase.
JYa61 TIL that the Colt 1911 pistol was purposely designed to be fully disassembled with its own internal parts and no other tools are necessary.
8a4wa TIL about Mimizuka, a monument in Kyoto dedicated to the sliced off noses of killed Korean soldiers and civilians taken as war trophies.
xpoB TIL the human heart contains taste receptors like the ones on the tongue.