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TIL that in 19th Century carnivals in USA, cigars were given as prizes. People who lost at a particular sideshow were told; “close, but no cigar”.

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4Xo7X TIL of the Deflategate scandal, where American footballer Tom Brady was accused of ordering the footballs to be deflated, resulting in him being suspended for four games.
JydV TIL the word “avocado” comes from the Nahuatl word āhuacatl meaning “testicle” because of the likeness between the fruit hanging on the tree and the bodypart.
GGL7 TIL that even in today’s sitcoms, a large percentage of the people in the laugh-track have since passed away. Meaning that we watch comedies marked by the laughter of dead people.
jNV4R TIL that the Pantheon in Rome was built in 126 AD and was the Largest dome in the world for more than 1,755 years until 1881 and is still the largest un-reinforced solid concrete dome in the world today.
OoOl4 TIL microwave ovens DON’T heat food using the “resonant frequency” of water. They work by causing polar molecules (water is one, and so are some fats) to rotate back and forth quickly in an oscillating electromagnetic field, producing molecular vibrations (heat).