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TIL There’s a horse named Potoooooooo because according to legend, the stable boy misheard his name “Potato” as “Pot-8-o”, and the stable master was like “eh”
0dwoy
TIL in 2017 fitness app Strava published a map showing every single activity ever uploaded to it, inadvertently revealing sensitive information about locations and layouts of military bases.
E1gy0
TIL The word shilling comes from schilling, an accounting term that dates back to Anglo-Saxon times where it was deemed to be the value of a cow in Kent or a sheep elsewhere.
R7LM4
TIL of the Sewee, a Native American tribe who in 1670 decided to build a navy and sail en masse to England. Their canoes were swamped and survivors sold to slavery in the West Indies, wiping out the tribe.
BoXk
TIL of Berea College, a liberal arts college in Kentucky where tuition is free for all students as long as they partake in work-study. Its mission is to assist high-achieving students with low financial resources regardless of background.