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TIL that the suffix 'stan' present in many southern and central Asian countries' names comes from Persian & Urdu languages and translates to 'where one stands' or 'place of'

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7G0O TIL: In a circus, “The Stars and Stripes Forever” would be played by the circus band to alert performers to distress and emergencies.
XyE8 TIL that despite common misconception, ice worms are a real species that tunnel through glaciers. If their body temperature exceeds 5 degrees celsius they melt.
O054 TIL that when George Lucas’s neighbors objected to him building a film production facility on his property as it would increase traffic, Lucas decided he would sell the land to a developer to bring “low income housing” to the area.
QJ9DX TIL that the variant of the word okay - “OK” - is derivative from Martin van Buren’s nickname “Old Kinderhook” and was popularised by his rallies for the 1836 US election
GAgGE TIL about childhood dementia. It is a result of progressive brain damage and can be caused by over 70 rare genetic disorders. 700,000 children are estimated to be living with some form of childhood dementia today. 48,300 children die from childhood dementia each year.