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TIL that the African country of "Swaziland" has changed its name to "Eswatini" in April 2018.

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XEJZR TIL that fudge was popularized by rebellious women in the early days of women being able to attend college. They had strict curfews so they would rebel by holding late night snack parties in their dorms and secretly cooking fudge over gas lamps. It became a cliche that women's education = fudge.
YpV5B TIL the man who served me a beer in his bar in NYC, one of the two times I’ve been there, was a boxing legend who just passed. I got to hear some great stories and never knew how amazing he was. But I remembered him and our talk for three decades. RIP Jimmy Glenn
69dAJ TIL Giant Technicolor Squirrels Actually Roam the Forests of Southern India
Brgry TIL of Hyperloop, a new type of transportation using electric propulsion through a low-pressure tube to move people and freight up to 670 mph or 1080 kph.
OGJAX TIL Harrison Ford and Sylvester Stallone are the only two actors in history to have starred in a box-office No. 1 film across six consecutive decades.