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TIL Colloquially, instead of a person from Connecticut is called a Connecticuter, the word Nutmegger is used

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v1174 TIL when John Von Neumann was 15 his dad took him to a renowned mathematician to be tutored. The mathematician was so taken aback by his genius he was brought to tears on his first visit.
kObA4 TIL Jerry Lawson pioneered home video gaming in the 1970's by helping to invent the Fairchild Channel F, the first system with interchangeable cartridges. One of few black engineers in computing at the time, he unfortunately received less recognition than deserved due to the Channel F's poor sales.
mxKkM TIL about auto-antonyms, which are words that can have 2 different meanings that are the opposite of each other. (For example, the word bolt, which can mean "to secure together" or "to flee")
5Yr6R TIL that Portland Oregon is named after Portland Maine and Portland Maine is named after the Island of Portland in England
wAKW TIL that US military operations during the 2003 Iraq invasion were originally conducted under the codename Operation Iraqi Liberation. They later changed it to Operation Iraqi Freedom because of the acronym.