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TIL that the Chinese word for sodium(钠) is pronounced “Na”

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dlKd TIL Henry Winkler (‘The Fonz’) has dyslexia, has written an 18-book children’s series whose main character is dyslexic, and he plays the kid’s music teacher in a BBC TV adaptation. The teacher is based on the one person who provided him moral support in his own schooling.
epKYb TIL Canadian Geese poop every 12 minutes.
N8aJ TIL King Leonidas of Sparta was 60 years old at the Battle of Thermopylae.
vJ1x TIL the Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride” is a reference to prostitutes in Hamburg who were given a card by medical authorities indicating they didn’t have any STDs.
BrkPb TIL the word "gorilla" comes from the Greek word meaning, "savage hairy women."