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TIL that the word “avocado” comes from the Aztec “ahuacacuahatl,” which translates to “testicle tree.”

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9DDB TIL During the Battle of Stalingrad, Soviet losses were great enough that at one time, the life expectancy of a newly arrived soldier was less than a day and the life expectancy of a Soviet officer was three days.
Z8PdR TIL that, in humans, there is a secreted protein that is literally called “Sonic hedgehog”
9w0AM TIL that Abraham Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame. He fought in over 300 matches and lost only one, to a local tough named Hank Thompson during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
LMQ9 TIL that during the 2011 Tucson shooting when the gunman stopped to reload, a 61 y/o woman grabbed his magazine while another bystander clubbed the back of his head with a folding chair. The gunman was finally tackled to the ground by a 74 y/o retired United States Army Colonel who had been shot.
p80QN TIL Over 30 percent of homes on the Navajo Nation are without running water.