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TIL Stan Lee worked with Dr Seuss

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ep9kg TIL that the word sine is derived from Sanskrit. The Sanskrit jyā (bow-string, referring to the chord of a circle) was transliterated to Arabic as jība, which was written as jb. Latin translators assumed they were writing jayb, which means breast, so sinus (breast) used (and then sine).
0reA TIL nearly ¼ of all mammal species are bats.
dbR9 TIL that the UK evicted the entire native population of Chagos Islands at the request of the USA so that they could both use it as a military base.
9Yeg6 TIL that there are no Wendy's in Europe due to a local Dutch snackbar owner owning the Wendy's trademark in Europe. They have been in a legal battle for years and Dutch courts side with the snackbar every time.
E10YX TIL Many “Vampire killing kits”, allegedly from the 19th century, are sold in auction houses such as Sotheby’s, for upwards of $12,000. However, their authenticity is debatable as they contain materials that place them as being made in the 1930s or later. There is also no historical basis for them.