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TIL that the word “cat” is so old that it can be traced all the way to the Late Egyptian “čaute”.

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kO5xW TIL Einstein's brain was removed after his death for study. His eyes were also removed. In 1978, after 20 years, it was rediscovered, stored in two mason jars of alcohol in a cider box.
Wk64o TIL of Ben Salomon, an army dentist who earned the Medal of Honor in World War 2. When his field hospital was about to be overrunned, he manned a machine gun and killed 98 Japanese soldiers. He died, but not before his wounded colleagues were evacuated.
ANxV4 TIL about the cannonball run, an illegal race against time across the continental USA. The record drive, set during covid, lasted just under 26 hours with an average speed of 112 MPH.
GAEDg TIL about 4.3% of US households own cryptocurrency assets
QeOp TIL During Hugh Laurie’s audition for House MD, David Shore says that Bryan Singer, one of the executive producers, said, “See, this is what I want: an American guy.” Singer was completely unaware of the fact that Laurie is English.