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TIL: difference between acronym and initialism

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m1ZaE TIL that the acronym “R.I.P.” has been engraved on tombstones since at least the fifth century. “Rest in Peace” is the English translation of a Latin phrase with the same acronym.
N7QW6 TIL A puppet who performed at Europe’s largest song contest received several thousand votes in the Irish Presidential election of 1997 and still receives a few hundred votes each election as a protest vote
4kDrw TIL There are no dinosaurs that lived in the ocean. The extinct aquatic reptiles are just that, extinct aquatic reptiles.
pYmoA TIL the earliest written version of Revelations says that 616 is the number of the beast. Why it changed to 666 is anybody's guess.
agAy TIL that the youngest participant in World War 1 was 8 years old.