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TIL that the name "IPod was inspired by "2001: A Space Odyssey"

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8bN4 TIL: Palindrome is not a palindrome, but it is a semordnilap, which is a word that means something different backwards. Semordnilap backwards is palindromes.
Bgrny TIL of Samuel Upham, a Philadelphia merchant who printed over $15 million Confederate dollars from 1862-63. The fake notes widely circulated in the South. When investigated by the US Government, his case was dismissed as it's not illegal to counterfeit currency of a country not recognized by the US.
D8mD TIL that around 1.5 million people were evicted in Beijing in preparation for the 2008 Olympics
J1p64 TIL: According to a scientific study, ADHD individuals react to stimulants such as amphetamines differently, often in a positive way improving symptoms by 70% and improving study in college students with ADHD. However, most stop using to disastrous effects and were more risky behavior prone.
6QNY TIL a man blew his head off in the middle of the Harvard campus, as an “as an experiment in nihilism”, as described in his 1900-pg manifesto.