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TIL pandemonium comes from John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost, and is a contraction of pan (all) and demonium (demons).

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nWNdo TIL that safety concerns of the Jules Rimet Trophy during WWII led Ottorino Barassi, who was FIFA vice-president at the time, to remove the trophy from a bank and hide it in a shoebox under his bed. The trophy stayed safe under Barassi’s bed until the World Cup returned after WWII in 1950 in Brazil.
mGyo TIL the Pope’s popemobile is a Hyundai unlike previous popes that have used Mercedes.
oa4Y TIL that because a country is limited to four female competitors across seven weight classes at the Olympics, the Chinese qualification competition is more competitive than the Olympics itself
rR50x TIL A Japanese rail company has apologised after a train left a station 25 seconds early. The operator said, "the great inconvenience we placed upon our customers was truly inexcusable".
JYZbQ TIL: The Cowardly Lion costume in the Wizard of Oz was made of real lion fur, skin and human hair. It recently sold at auction for 3 million dollars.