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TIL that there is indeed an English word rhyming with silver: chilver, meaning a female lamb

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J1lQV TIL that the first Medal of Honor awarded by the U.S. Army was given to a group of Union soldiers who hijacked a Confederate train during the "Great Locomotive Chase" in 1862, a daring sabotage mission that became a pivotal moment in the Civil War.
j6EAX TIL that in the original version of the melodrama cliché, a man is tied to the railroad tracks and gets rescued by a woman.
D1GPV TIL the stem end of a cucumber (and other related fruits and vegetables) tastes different from the other end due to a higher concentration of a bitter compound called cucurbitacin.
8aWYL TIL Ming China placed limits on how frequently its client states could offer tribute. This was because Ming China always provided a return gift whenever they received tribute, which would often be of greater value than the tribute received.
b0g0 TIL Members of the Church of Satan do not worship or believe in Satan, and their High Priest said “Anybody who believes in supernatural entities on some level is insane”