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TIL Greenland got its name purely for marketing reasons by Erik the Red who wanted to attract settlers to his new settlement there

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jNpQM Today I learned Shepherd's Pie is made with minced lamb or mutton, while one with minced beef is properly called a cottage pie.
OG0Qa TIL that the longest running laboratory experiment in history, the Pitch Drop experiment, had its seventh drop fall in 1988. However, nobody witnessed it and its custodian, Professor John Mainstone, had stepped out to get a drink the moment the drop occurred.
oRojA TIL that Windows has a built-in clipboard history that saves your last 25 copied items — you can access it with (Win + V)
W7rOo TIL that lobsters taste with their legs and chew with their stomachs.
PYXmG TIL The Antonov An-225 airplane can carry a cargo payload the weight of six Boeing 737s