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TIL that gelatin is obtained by boiling cattle and pig carcasses.

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oRlXo TIL that the Odd Fellows have a fascinating history undocumented before the 18th century, and there are theories about the origins of their name ranging from the niche professions of founding members to how their values of fraternalism, benevolence and charity weren't common in the 18th century.
8jna TIL of an old English anecdote claiming that ‘Sirloin steak’ is derived from an occasion when King James I of England, while being entertained at Hoghton Tower in 1617, was so impressed by the quality of his steak that he knighted the loin of beef, which was referred to thereafter as “Sir loin”
w161 TIL that popsicles were originally going to be named “Eppsicles” after their inventor Frank Epperson, but his children persuaded him into calling them “Pop’s ‘sicles”
b6ZgN TIL that alligators can't die of old age. The only way they die is by running out of available food consumption or by being killed by humans. They live an average of 30-50 years old.
166Pd TIL about Cyclones Katrina and Victor-Cindy, a cyclone (hurricane for the Americans) in the Southern Hemisphere that maintained its circulation for over fifty days, crossed over three basins (South Pacific -> Australian Region -> Southwest Indian Ocean), and used three names.