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TIL the German word “treppenwitz” refers to the feeling one gets when they think of a witty comeback or remark long after the moment has passed.

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D1lGP TIL that in the extinct Aboriginal Mbabaram language, the word for 'dog' is 'dog'. This is purely coincidental as Mbabaram is unrelated to the English language.
YE4G TIL that dogs like squeaky toys because they mimic the sound of an injured animal
d8AaZ TIL that President John F. Kennedy secured for himself 1,200 Cuban cigars just hours before enacting the Cuban trade embargo in 1962.
LaLP TIL: Italians called it the French disease, the French called it the Italian disease, today we call it syphilis–and Columbus brought it to Europe from the New World.
QJ0yM TIL it was this day in 1587, Filipinos became the first Asians to have landed in what is now called California in USA.