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TIL That the word phoney comes from the name for an Irish scam called “Fawney Ring” In which someone is sold a fake golden ring

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J165j TIL during his campaign against Don Young, Congressman Nick Begich disappeared in a plane crash 22 days before the general election. Begich managed to win the general election with 56% to Young's 43% but was declared dead on December 29. Young won the Special Election that was held the next year.
7rLyp TIL Nias language is the only language in Indonesia that has a voiced bilabial trill sound /ʙ/.
ep40n TIL that the US bombing in the Vietnam War was roughly 100 times the combined impact of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs
XPxr TIL japanese square watermelons are inedible and produced purely for ornamental reasons
5YWWk TIL the ‘infinity symbol’ is called a Lemniscate.