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TIL the Aztecs called armadillos āyōtōchtli, meaning “turtle-rabbits”

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8aG1L TIL the fallacy fallacy is the formal fallacy of analyzing an argument and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false.
wvL8 TIL Shakira’s hit single “Waka Waka” was actually sampled (almost entirely) from a 1986 Cameroonian song “Zamina mina” without their permission, and she never gave them credit
X0aAj TIL The United States owes Canada 353.8 billion dollars
eEE4 TIL that even though apes have learned to communicate with humans using sign language, none have ever asked a human a question.
9GPX TIL that in 1949 at Wimbledon, “Gorgeous Gussie” Moran wore a skirt that exposed her knees, causing Wimbledon officials to complain that she was “bringing vulgarity and sin into tennis.”