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TIL That Jellyfish Can Shut Down Nuclear Reactors

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4XnG6 TIL that words that change meaning and sometimes pronunciation based on the capitalization of the first letter, like "Polish" vs. "polish" are called Capitonyms.
R75Ll TIL there is an island in Shrewsbury, MA named after rapper Busta Rhymes.
j6VYN TIL that John Tyler, the 10th U.S. President still has a living grandson, Harrison Tyler who is 94 yrs old.
X0Ee6 TIL a huge part of Florida used to be called Mosquito county until 1844. The whole east coast of central Florida had previously been known as Los Musquitos since the 1500s.
LPdv TIL the sad lamp from IKEA’s acclaimed 2002 commercial was taken home by a crew member at the end of the shoot. When the ad agency asked for it back, they received a note saying “See? you’ve fallen for it. You’ve grown attached to the lamp, and you are crazy.”