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TIL the first recorded name in history wasn’t that of a conquerer or prophet. It was of an accountant named Kushim.

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0wVDL TIL that the tail of a stegosaurus is called the "thagomizer". The term was coined in 1982 in a cartoon made by Gary Larson. This bone did not have a scientific name yet, and thagomizer was eventually adopted as the scientific name.
WVwX TIL Thomas Edison was one of the first movie pirates. He stole prints of Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon and distributed them in the United States. Shortly afterward, Méliès went bankrupt
5oJr TIL “channel drift” is a term used to describe when a TV channel loses it’s original purpose. (The Learning Channel showing Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
VBdvG TIL Architect Liang Sicheng proposed to Mao Zedong to save Beijing’s towering walls, which encircles the capital, in addition to establishing a new capital outside of Beijing to preserve its architecture. All plans were rejected
7rEMb TIL of Soviet spy, Gevork Vartanian, who stopped the Nazi assassination of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the age of 19; 400 German agents were arrested/killed because of his efforts, and the assassination was ultimately prevented.