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TIL that animals and their meat have different names (e.g. deer = venison) because the peasants that raised the animals used the animal’s Germanic name while the aristocracy that ate them used the French name.

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1ajNP TIL of Karl May, Hitler's favorite author, a conman who wrote novel's about Old Shatterhand, a German One Punch Man in the Wild West (who May claimed was actually himself, even though he'd never been to the US or even out of Germany at that point).
NXnPM TIL that on March 27, 1790, Harvey Kennedy invented the shoelace with aglets.
4koOa TIL there was a deadlier martime disaster than the Titanic: the Sultana. Carrying 6 times the passengers than it was alotted, the Sultana sank on the Mississippi river killing over 1,100 Union Soldiers. The tragedy did not receive much attention as it was days after the assassination of Lincoln.
epOND TIL the 2024 Isle of Man TT motorcycle race was the first year since 1982 with zero fatalities. Since 1937, at least one rider has died each year the event has been held.
OGaD1 TIL in 1958 Two Pilots Flew A Cessna 172 For 64 Days Straight, Refueling By Flying Over A Gas Truck On A Road.