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TIL that Pluto didn’t get to make one whole orbit of the sun in the time between its discovery and demotion.

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1ag8r TIL in 1894 a female cook at Cornell University was killed when freshmen redirected chlorine gas into the kitchen as part of a hazing prank
jN0mM TIL that the WWF'S Iron Sheik, whose shtick was to be pro Iranian and very anti-American (usually alongside Nikolai Volkoff in the 80s), had previously been an assistant coach on the U.S. National Wrestling Team during the Olympics.
6Ea0W TIL "Jaws" is not the name of the shark, in the movie or the book. The author (Peter Benchley) chose the title 20 min. before the book went into production, after mulling over ~125 other options. When asked "What does [Jaws] mean?" Benchley said "I don't know, but it's short & it fits on a jacket."
RYM4 Beverly Hills sits atop an oil field with nearly 100 active wells, many disguised as buildings, producing ~1 million barrels/year
56Xr TIL that the expression “Yo” has been in use since the 16th century.