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TIL Alfred Nobel considered naming dynamite "Nobel's Safety Powder"

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5YMLP TIL using two spaces after a period is absolutely wrong.
aemM TIL the word “apple” was originally used for any fruit. The word “fruit” only showed up much later.
wLpV7 TIL that the Lucky Iron Fish is a fish-shaped cast iron ingot boiled in water to treat iron-deficiency anaemia developed by Canadian health workers in Cambodia in 2008. It was created to prevent villagers from rejecting treatment, as the fish is a symbol of good luck and happiness in their folklore
b9oD9 TIL That Marvel comics was printing comics with Captain America fighting nazis before America had entered WW2 thus getting them accused as war provokers.
bMp9 TIL that “The shortest St Patrick’s Day parade in the world takes place in Dripsey, Cork. The parade lasts just 100 yards and travels between the village’s two pubs.”