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TIL in Pokemon, “Splash” is a mistranslation of the Japanese word “hop,” which is why it’s a normal-type move and not a water-type.

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jNQna TIL raccoons wash their food yo soften it because they don’t have saliva glands.
k77W TIL that Daniel Webster tried and failed three times to be elected president. During the same period, he was offered the vice-presidency by both Harrison and Taylor, and declined both offers. Both presidents later died in office, which in either case would have made Webster president.
By1d TIL the Royal Navy executed an admiral for not trying hard enough, despite being brave and loyal. This inspired Voltaire’s quip “it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, in order to encourage the others”.
X0kmr TIL that French philosopher and mathematician, René Descartes, invented the x,y graph coordinate system and introduced a raised number to indicate an exponet
KYd8J TIL about a 16 year old art student who lost most of her fingers when she plunged her hands into a bucket of plaster until it set. The heat of the chemical reaction caused terrible burns when fellow students and teachers failed to remove the plaster with a hammer. The school was fined only £20,000.