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TIL the plural of sarcophagus is ‘sarcophagi’

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7DGP TIL When Five Guys opened up, they received an order from the Pentagon. When Five Guys asked what time they were going to pick up the order, an admiral got on the phone and told them “everyone delivers to the Pentagon.” Five Guys then put up a banner that read “ABSOLUTELY NO DELIVERY.”
loeZA TIL The name for a person who can speak many languages is a ‘polyglot’, not a ‘linguist’.
QJRVe TIL Candice Bergen was in constant competition as a child with her father's ventriloquist doll to the opint where the doll had a bigger bedroom and in her father's will the doll got $10,000.... Candice Bergen got nothing
gMmx7 TIL that bananas have no seeds as they are a sterile hybrid between two species (Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana), and the production of seeds is not necessary to get the fruit. As the plant can only reproduce through cloning, all the bananas in a package are usually clones of the same banana
1adj8 TIL that La Malinche was a native woman who played a key role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. Today the term "malinchista" refers to a disloyal compatriot in Mexico.