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TIL The word musk derives from the Sanskrit word for scrotum.

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7L8x TIL Numbuh 1 of the Kids Next Door is loosely based on Jean-Luc Picard. They are both naturally bald, red shirt wearing englishman leaders who never have good experiences handling women. For Halloween Numbuh 1 even dressed as a member of the Borg.
Jwnl TIL that a dog named ‘Fido’ returned to a bus stop in Italy over 5,000 times (over 14 years) to wait for his deceased master to get off the bus, even during “violent allied bombardment” of the area and then eventually died waiting at the bus stop..
pY14O TIL In 2018 over a million people in Hawaii woke up to a text message warning them of imminent inbound ballistic missiles. Despite the line indicating "This is not a drill", it was in fact sent in error.
X0moE TIL that crushed-up walnut shells are hard enough to use effectively in sandblasters, mostly for removing rust or the top-most layer of paint.
P6YE TIL the tiny island of Nauru became the world’s richest country per capita in the 60s by mining its phosphate reserves. The country blew it on spending & bad investments (e.g.“Leonardo the musical”). It’s now the ~135th richest country, with 40% diabetes rate and a wrecked environment due to mining.