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TIL English words with Arabic origin include: alcohol, algorithm, assassin, average, candy, chemistry, coffee, cotton, lemon, orange, magazine, mattress, sofa, traffic, and zero

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P1e7V TIL: Irish playwright Brendan Behan wrote a song called 'the laughing boy' about Irish revolutionary Michael Collins. Later it was translated into Greek and became the unofficial anthem against the military junta.
oB5JE TIL Sushi pizza originates from Canada. Th dish was invented by Kaoru Ohsada while working at Nami Japanese Seafood Restaurant chef in Toronto. It uses a fried rice patty as the base and a variety of toppings drizzled with mayonnaise and wasabi powder. The dish is often served in wedges.
kBRd TIL that the opening dialog in the Daft Punk song “Contact” is taken from real NASA recordings of the Apollo 17 mission.
x6ynB TIL the first confirmed minor to be executed in the United States was 16yo Thomas Granger, executed for buggery involving several animals, including "a mare, a cow, two goats, divers sheep, two calves, and a turkey."
rR1a1 TIL in 1965, 4 CIA employees were fired because they started a “free-for-all food fight in the cafeteria.”