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TIL that the term "Wi-Fi" is a brand name created to sound catchier than 'IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence'. It is not short for anything including "wireless fidelity," which was only coined after the fact as a backronym

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9Y9lG TIL Audi cars made for the Indian market have more louder and robustly-built horns than Audi's European cars as Indian drivers tend to honk every 3 seconds
e0el6 TIL that the scientific definition of a berry includes grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, bananas, chili peppers, persimmons, watermelons, and pumpkins.
NXxRE TiL bees like to 'play' with balls. A study shows bumble bees went out of their way to roll wooden balls repeatedly despite no apparent incentive. Younger bees rolled more balls than older bees and male bees rolled them for longer than female bees.
j68gE TIL that in 2006, a man named Gregory W. Nemitz legally claimed ownership of asteroid 433 Eros and sent NASA a $20 parking ticket for landing the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft on "his" property.
V9op TIL Diesel and House Heating Oil are the same fuel. The difference is Heating Oil is dyed red and does not have a road tax applied to it making it cheaper. You can use it in off road machinery but it is illegal to use in a truck or car utilizing public roadways.