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TIL, the common first name Stacy is the diminutive form of the name Anastasia.

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eo8L TIL the last crews of US Navy to be awarded money for the taking of a vessel were those of the USS Omaha and USS Somers, who “salvaged” the German Blockade Runner Odenwald in Nov 1941. The men of the Boarding Party were given $3,000 each while all the other crewmen received two months pay.
b9vk0 TIL the last time the Olympics were in Korea, North Korean agents tried to derail the games by blowing a passenger plane and killing 115 people.
wLmx1 TIL In the film Osmosis Jones, Bill Murray's character mentions a "National Chicken Wing Festival" in Buffalo, New York. While the festival did not exist during the filming of the movie, this mention caused organizers to create an annual festival in Buffalo which has been active now for 16 years.
4k4E6 TIL about « Moving Day », a tradition in the province of Quebec, Canada, when residents all move at once due to most leases ending July 1st.
oRZA8 TIL that in 1910-1911, Olive Susan Miranda Temple, a Scottish writer and traveller, journeyed 3,700 miles through parts of Africa little known to Europeans to visit her fiancé's grave, and later published a book based on her observations.