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TIL that the word "boycott" comes from a British landlord's agent in Ireland named Charles Boycott who engaged in shady practices and therefore no one would do business with him.

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6EmJw TIL Physics Laureate Gerard Muorou (2018, Short Pulse Lasers) accidentally revolutionized Ophthalmology when in 1993 a student, struck by the laser, miraculously suffered no damage as the pulse was amazingly short, lasting a femtosecond long. The laser than became the Standard-Bearer in Eye Surgery.
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6bWY TIL Peter Oakley, otherwise known as Geriatric1972, was the most subscribed user on Youtube in August 2006. The channel comprises of him describing events in his past, which includes serving the British army in WW2, an continued posting videos until he died in in March 23, 2014.