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TIL that the Subway sandwich Italian BMT was named for the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit System, one of a few companies that once operated the New York subway system.

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wLEdE TIL some marathon runners elect to have their toenails permanently removed. Their level of running causes friction on the toes and results in toenails routinely becoming damaged and detached. To circumvent chronic nail wounds, some people just get rid of them entirely.
JGvm TIL that Apple started working on the iPad in 2002, and the iPhone was actually a spin-off from the iPad development.
VMQx4 TIL that the words Shit, Science, Ski and Schizophrenia (along with many more) all come from the same Proto-Indo-European root - *skey - which means "to split"
AEg7 TIL: Will Ferrell has a 7.8 Million dollar bird sanctuary
rRENM TIL about UY Scuti. It is the largest star we have ever discovered, and is thought to be the largest star in our galaxy. If it were to replace our Sun, its surface would reach the orbit of Saturn.