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TIL orchids are named after the greek word for testes (orchis) due to the shape of their tubers

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BrLPd TIL the song "Can't Help Falling In Love" is a cover of a French song, "Plaisir d'Amour", written in 1784, which have been sung by hundreds of artists throughout the world
oKJW TIL the Nazis formed a plan in 1939 to counterfeit the British pound to cause hyperinflation. Using a german concentration camp, they manufactured $132 million GBP, which is the equivalent of $6-7 billion modern-day pounds. They partially succeeded.
m1OXo TIL In 2010, Julien Barreaux was so infuriated about losing a Knife fight in the game Counter Strike, that he spent seven months tracking down his opponent, found him and stabbed him in the chest. He was sentenced to 2 years in jail and ordered to take anger management classes.
68GW TIL that upon his death, pirate Olivier Levasseur had tossed a cryptogram into a crowd and told them if they could figure out the message, his treasure (now valued at $200,000,000) would be theirs, a treasure that to this day has never been found.
4Xneb TIL "Old Person Smell" is actually a chemical called 2-nonenal