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TIL the "Elo" in the Elo rating system is not an acronym but named after its creator, Arpad Elo.

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X0Xdr TIL that Arthur Hill Hassall (1817– 1894) was a British physician, and a pioneer in the use of the microscope as a tool in medicine and public health. In 1846 he published a two-volume study, ‘The Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Body in Health and Disease’, the first English textbook on the subject
lo1LG TIL the elephant's closest relative is the manatee.
5VwL8 TIL: The term "pathetic fallacy" (meaning the personification of nature) was not created as an insult. Coined in 1856, at the time "pathetic" meant "of emotion" and "fallacy" meant "falseness". The intended meaning was thus "emotional falseness", i.e emotions creating false perceptions.
E1GxW TIL After the Success of Atari 2600 games. Quaker Oats released 13 games for Atari 2600.
oBl48 TIL about Anthropologist Prof Joy Hendry who has spent 45 years researching Japan