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TIL Klystron (linear beam vacuum tubes used in particle accelerators) comes from the Greek verb klyzo - referring to the action of waves breaking against a shore.

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m1vOO TIL that the Gummy Bear originated in Germany, where it was created by Hans Riegel, who started the Haribo Company in 1920. In 1922, Riegel invented the Dancing Bear gummy, inspired by bears seen at street markets in Europe. The Gold Bear product, the current gummy standard, was created in 1967.
OodQ7 TIL of Encephalartos woodii, a near-extinct tree with only a single surviving male specimen. Without any female specimens the only way to reproduce it is to clone the male.
N7AE TIL Guy de Maupassant ate lunch at base of Eiffel tower almost every day because he hated it and that was the only place in Paris from which he could not see it
rMBx TIL A “billion” in England was defined as a million million (1,000,000,000,000) up until 1974.
Z8mga TIL Pepsico wholly owns the rights to a variety of potato known as FC5, grown exclusively for their Lay's potato chips. In April, Pepsico sued four farmers in India for illegally growing and dealing their patented potato variety.