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TIL “Aluminum” started as a misspelling of “Aluminium” on a handbill by Charles Martin Hall, the American Industrialist who made Aluminum production practical

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0wlV5 TIL with 29-hour work weeks, the Netherlands has the world's shortest week for business professionals. This allows them to dedicate at least one day per week to spend time with their kids. This time off is frequently referred to as "Papadag," which essentially means "Daddy Day."
W71VA TIL that the oldest letter in a bottle is 132 years old and was thrown by German sailing barque Paula as part of a long-term German oceanographic experiment
kJ6g TIL that when Bill Nye The Science Guy’s father was a POW in Japan during WWII for four years, he made sundials to figure out the latitudinal location of the prison camp.
YM5v TIL that lying to, or misinforming somebody about events or facts (with the purpose of making them doubt their memory or sanity), is called Gaslighting
PYKYE TIL that "Smarties" in Canada and USA mean two different things. American Smarties are called "rockets" in Canada, and Canadian Smarties doesn't exist in USA.