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TIL The name Chicago comes from the Algonquin language: “shikaakwa,” meaning “striped skunk” or “onion.”

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6ArW TIL Donkey Kong got his name because Miyamoto thought “donkey” meant “stupid” in English.

GYJ84 TIL nobody knew for certain if there was a point in a horses gait where all 4 legs were off the ground until it was finally settled in 1878 with 16 photos that captured it in quick succession. A horse ran over wires placed every 21 inches and triggered the shutter in one-thousandth of a second.

gMEwA TIL The younger generations in Norway have coined the term “fredagstaco” to describe the cultural phenomenon of starting the weekend off with a serving—or two—of tacos. The taco is by far the most popular dinner on Friday in Norway—even surpassing the infamous frozen Grandiosa pizza.

MeKaa TIL the phrase "dung-wet" (meaning very wet) was considered "obsolete" by the Oxford English Dictionary in the 1st edition (1897) but the phrase was unexpectedly found on Twitter, having survived to present day by speakers of Carribean English.

1awNd TIL of Eric Hoffer, a writer and philosopher, who went blind from age 7 to 15. He was so afraid he would go blind again that he spent his life reading, studying and writing everything he could before he lost his sight again (which he never did).