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TIL Ontario premier Doug Ford was the brother of Toronto mayor Rob Ford.

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LPGd TIL the Tarzan Yell is trademarked (officially known as a Sensory Mark). “The mark is a yell consisting of a series of approximately ten sounds…” It takes over 200 words to technically describe how Tarzan yells.
woNo TIL that a Man-O’-War is neither a jellyfish nor a single creature. It is a colonial organism made up of small creatures called zooids.
0wVN5 TIL about the the transmitter for WLW radio outside Cincinnati, until the output was reduced in 1939 from 500,000 watts, would cause lights to not turn off until WLW engineers rewired houses, a nearby hotel sign never went dark and farmers reported hearing WLW through their barbed-wire fences.
ZN5o TIL “Killing Season” is a British medical term used to describe the time around August, when the newly qualified doctors join the National Health Service.
dDkjd TIL that the Romani people originated in the region of present-day Rajasthan, India. Their patron saint Saint Sarah is AKA Sara-la-Kali, "Kali" being a reference to the Hindu goddess Kali who is a popular goddess in northern India.