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TIL: difference between acronym and initialism

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epBgg TIL that, while only being the 39th all-time most-streamed song on Spotify, Linkin Park's "Numb", combined with its remixes/live versions, is the most-streamed song of all time (1.996 bil streams) if you exclude both songs released in the past decade, & Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975, 2.154 bil).
gDlD TIL In 1889, thirty years prior to the 19th Amendment, Wyoming became the first US state to grant women the right to vote. Also, in 1924 the state of Wyoming was the first to elect a female US Governor
LQX0v TIL that the original Japanese name for the game Resident Evil was called Biohazard. Capcom thought the name Biohazard would be impossible to trademark in North America due to other games with the same name. Capcom held an internal company contest to find a new name, and Resident Evil was chosen.
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