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TIL Golden Girls' Estelle Getty was 1 yr younger than her TV daughter Bea Arthur

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Br0r TIL upon its discovery by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898, the element polonium was named after Poland (in latin Polonia) to shed light on the countries lack of independence. It may be the first element named to highlight a political controversy.
VB1ep TIL that the word 'quarantine' originates from the Venetian word 'quarantena,' which means '40 days.' In the 14th century, ships arriving in Venice from plague-infected ports were required to sit at anchor for 40 days before landing to prevent the spread of the disease.
D176P TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger paid Austria to ship him the exact same tank he drove when he was a soldier. It is fully operable (minus the gun) and he uses it to support his fundraising efforts.
6946Z TIL J. Cole, the rapper, graduated high school with a 4.2 GPA! He then accepted a scholarship to St. Johns University. While in college, he served as the president of a pan-African student coalition. And guess what? He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in communication and business!
wo5eM TIL about the Peter principle, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence".