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TIL that of all 17,576 possible 3 letter acronyms, 94% were used at least once in a dataset of 18 million scientific articles

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8P7b TIL Of a white woman murdered by the KKK for driving black protesters home and then the FBI disparaged her name to cover up involvement of one of its informants.
LkwwZ TIL President Warren Harding's dog Laddie Boy was so popular that he was "interviewed" for the Evening Star in 1921. He "said" a dog should appear on U.S. currency and joked Chihuahuas were ill-suited to the American climate but that, seriously, they should be barred from being brought here.
Brn8y TIL that Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga was the man who portrayed Carmine Lupertazzi Sr. in the HBO Series “The Sopranos.” He also acted as a driver and bodyguard for Dr. Don Shirley in the 1960s, which the basis for the 2018 Best Picture Winning Movie “Green Book.” He was portrayed by Viggo Mortensen.
gMoZD TIL that Edison offered $50000 to Tesla if he succeeded in improving the efficiency of Edison's prototypical dynamos. Despite Tesla making a great deal of progress, Edison claimed that the offer was a joke
b9Oaa TIL of a sheep named Shrek, who hated getting his wool sheared. He escaped his enclosure and was on his own for 6 years. After being found and sheared his wool weighed 60 pounds, enough material to make 20 suits for men. All of his fleece was auctioned off to support medical charities for children.