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TIL: difference between acronym and initialism

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awpmM TIL The New York Times was hoaxed into running an article about "grunge speak." A reporter pressured a receptionist from Sub Pop Records about whether grunge fans had their own slang. On the spot, she made up terms like "harsh realm," "cob nobbler" and "lamestain." The article was never corrected.
OoGve TIL a Japanese professor searching to find out what happened to Einstein's brain discovered that it was being kept in a mason jar by a retiree in Kansas, who would occasionally shave off slices with a kitchen knife and mail it to people if they asked for some of it
VB7jD TIL the principality of Monaco used to be much bigger but in 1848 its two largest cities (Menton and Roquebrune) seceded from Monaco as they wished to join Italy during the first war of Italian independence during the Risorgimento
QJj9a TIL Priyanka Chopra has a world record for most different characterss played by an actress in a single movie, with 12
dDRR8 TIL the song Dumb Ways to Die has been attributed with up to a 30% reduction in near miss train accidents during the following 12 months after its release