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TIL the original word for a Bear was 'Arkto' but our proto-Germanic ancestors started referring to them as 'bear' which meant 'brown one.' This practice came from a superstitious fear that speaking the predators name would summon him. This is one of the earliest examples of a euphemism.

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oBavK TIL that Prudence Crandall, born on September 3, 1803, was an American schoolteacher and activist who is credited with running the first integrated school in the United States as well as running the first school for black girls in America.
p8Kye TIL that Sagittarius A* - the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way - has a mass 4 million times that of our Sun, but a diameter only 31 times the Sun's. It is so dense that it could fit in the space between the Earth and the Sun, but can attract things 50k light years away.
wL6a1 TIL a lot of countries now prefer to make economic deals with China instead of the U.S. due to the current U.S. administration in Washington being "hard to reach" and "hard to deal with"
Qb7L TIL In 1988, actor Jimmy Stewart made a plea in Congressional hearings against Ted Turner’s decision to ‘colorize’ classic black and white films, including It’s a Wonderful Life, stating 'It’s morally and artistically wrong and these profiteers should leave our film industry alone"
NWwb TIL the kid that played Jack in Hook and “Kid” in Dick Tracy (Charlie Korsmo) quit acting, got a degree in physics from MIT, graduated from Yale Law, passed the Bar, became a lawyer, and is currently teaching law at Case Western.