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TIL that the origin of the term ‘Wiki’ comes from the Hawaiian word wikiwiki which means quick or informal.

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ndKP TIL that the arcade video game Defender (1981) is so difficult that “Initial attempts lasting less than ten seconds are not uncommon for novices”.
1NA8 TIL Marcia, George Lucas’s ex-wife, got an Oscar for her editing and was behind some of the better ideas of Star Wars. She got very little credit after the divorce.
rNEdM TIL President Ulysses Grant wanted to annex Santo Domingo (or what we call the Dominican Republic). He feared a European power taking it over and hoped it'd be a safe haven for black Americans. But the annexation treaty died in the Senate and it was never pursued again.
GAWpj TIL that the Ishmael books by Daniel Quinn inspired Morgan Freeman's involvement with nature documentaries.
b954Q TIL that "daddy long legs" are not spiders. They are called Harvestmen, or Opiliones, and they are more closely related to mites.