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TIL - the English word for Bear is descended from a Proto-Indo-European euphemism meaning brown one or wild animal, as it was feared saying it's real name 'arkto' would cause the animal to appear.

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PYRen TIL in 1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first woman to qualify as a medical doctor in Britain. On the day, 3 out of 7 candidates passed the exam, Garrett with the highest marks. The Society of Apothecaries immediately amended its regulations to prevent other women obtaining a licence.
XENEr TIL the blue liquid at the bottom of a porta potty was originally made with formaldehyde in order to deal with the smell. Nowadays more and more manufacturers are using enzymes and microbes that feed on odor-causing bacteria.
v5KR TIL, if people in the top 10% for alcohol consumption were to reduce their total consumption to that of the next lowest 10% group; alcohol sales would drop by 60% in the United States.
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4Law TIL: The Guinness Book of Records was created because the director of the Guinness Breweries got in an argument over what was Europe’s fastest game bird while hunting, and thought that there must be other questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland. It was originally a marketing giveaway.