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TIL the term "big bang" has been argued to be a misnomer and there was an international competition to find a more suitable alternative to the model. However, the judges concluded that none was apt enough to replace it and said "like it or not, we are stuck with "big bang.""

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E57X TIL Muhammad Ali stopped a man from trying to kill himself (by jumping off a building) and he was originally named in honor of a white abolitionist.
78OpM TIL that the origin of the term ‘BullShit’ dates back to the 17th century. “Bull", meaning nonsense, while the term "bullshit" has been used as early as 1915 in British and American slang and came into popular use during WWII. "bull" from the Old French bole, meaning "fraud, deceit".
WkGBX TIL that the triangular thing in oujia board is called a planchette
j64Wn TIL that Jonathan the tortoise was born 29 years before the US Civil War and is still alive today
neoNG TIL Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes on "Sherlock," is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the character.