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TIL those maple seed "helicopters" are called samaras!

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8e55L TIL that while naming the Simpsons' grandpa, Matt Groening chose not to name him after his own grandfather, but allow the other writers to choose a name. The chose the name "Abraham", which, coincidentally, was the name of Groening's grandfather.
v07 TIL that when there should be a word for something but there isn’t is called a lexical gap.
6wNm TIL Muhammad Ali Traveled to Iraq in 1990 & Rescued 15 united states citizens taken hostage by Saddam Hussein.
nnXb TIL in Finland most fines are tied to the income of the offender to ensure that both they can afford it, and that it will adequately hurt. One Nokia executive was hit with a $103,600 ticket for driving 15kph over the limit believed to be the most expensive speeding ticket ever.
xAdw TIL that Jefferson’s original Declaration of Independence contained a paragraph about the evils of slavery.