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TIL a dog named "Luks" sacrificed his life in order to save Josip Broz TITO

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mQ8M TIL “Cup of Joe” was coined by sailors in the Navy, and it was meant as an insult, directed toward Joseph Daniels for banning alcohol on all U.S. Naval vessels
P1V8w TIL that the Saudi dinasty, which unified Arabia and named the country after them, had to fight two other major dinasties over the control of Arabia, the Rashidis and the Hashemites, the Rashidis do not exist anymore but the Hashemites are kings of modern day Jordan
oRmlE TIL that the term “missionary position” was likely invented by sexologist Alfred Kinsey and based on a misunderstanding of an earlier book. Regardless, the term has since been adopted into French, German, Spanish, and Dutch
l7oKr TIL there is another photo, taken at a different angle, of the same famous Victory Day kiss in Times Square; unlike the original, the other photograph was taken by a government photojournalist on official duty, and is thus in the public domain and not protected by copyright.
9wLGG TIL The Mpemba effect is the name given to the observation that a liquid (typically water) which is initially hot can freeze faster than the same liquid which begins cold, under otherwise similar conditions.