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TIL the term “tarmac”referring to the apron or any paved area at an airport, is a completely incorrect usage of the word - largely because that substance is rarely used for anything any longer.

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WkPvX TIL that Apple actually license the 'iOS' trademark from Cisco. Cisco had used it for at least 10 years prior to Apple for their operating system.
9YrAQ TIL China consumes nearly 75% of the worlds pickles
xVNo5 TIL that Hitler was a vegetarian and would give vivid and gruesome descriptions of animal slaughter to dissuade his colleagues from eating meat.
a8nDb TIL of the Wild Dolphin Project & of its founder Dr Denise Herzing. For the last 35 years they have been studying & learning how to communicate with wild dolphins. She describes in one of her books how a group of dolphins sensed the death of a passenger on her boat & escorted the boat back to shore.
OGM7 TIL that when Donald Sutherland was cast in Animal House, he was offered either a 40k upfront payment, or a percentage of the film. Thinking that the film wouldn’t be a success, he took the 40k. Had he taken even just 1% of the film’s revenue, he would have made $1,416,000.