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TIL of Mary Jane Seacole, a British -Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War arguably practicing nursing hygiene before Florence Nightingale

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VM44G TIL, The Band AC/DC is referred to as "Accadacca" in their home country of Australia
gMEVA TIL of the 'Merci Train'. 49 box cars sent from France to the US filled with personal items donated by the French people as a 'Thank You' for food & supplies donated to them following WW2. One car was delivered to each state, and many states still have theirs housed in local museums.
E1vjV TIL American UFOlogist John Keel popularized the term "men In black" in 1967. He also used the term "ultraterrestrials" to describe UFO occupants he believed to be non-human entities capable of taking on whatever form they want
ZlX4 TIL that Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhiker’s guide was a guitarist and a friend of David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, and Adams played for Pink Floyd in their Earls Court concert in 1994. Adams played the guitar in the songs “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse”.
4m16 TIL Cisco owns the iOS trademark and licenses it to Apple