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TIL that there is no French word for 'whiskey'

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XEYbP TIL the foundation stone of the Harmandir Sahib, aka Golden Temple, a pilgrimage place for the Sikh religion, was laid on request by Sai Mir Milan Mohammed, a Muslim Pir Of Lahore.
4Rbg TIL that Abraham Lincoln successfully defended a criminal defendant by using an almanac to challenge a man’s assertion that he saw the murderer “By the light of the moon.”
kO0j4 TIL of Colleen Lachowicz who during her run for state Senate in Maine came under political attack for having played World of Warcraft and therefore being out-of-touch with reality and living in a "fantasy world." Colleen ending up winning the Senate seat.
GAAG7 Til that Pliny the Elder, author of the encyclopedia considered to be scientific authority from Roman times through the middle ages, suggested fresh breath be obtained by rubbing the teeth with burned mouse dung and honey.
1YDD TIL that the term “bug” for a software malfunction became popular because it was once (in 1947) traced back to a moth stuck in the system.