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TIL No one really knows where strawberries got their name

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Bkbx TIL that Charles Ramsay, who stopped eating his Big Mac to save the three women kidnapped in Cleveland, was awarded the elusive McGold card which gives you free McDonalds for life
VB5k TIL in 2011 a 75-year old woman stole some fiber optic cable, cutting 2 entire countries off the internet.
70EO TIL cup stacking girl Rachael Nedrow didn’t know Skrillex had sampled her “Yes, oh my gosh!” on “Nice Sprites And Scary Monsters” until a friend sent her the song on YouTube, he later paid her a royalty
WkPkY TIL after his crushing defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon would spend the rest of his life claiming he won the battle but that his army got confused by maneuvers at night and retreated.Snatching away his victory. The claim is not supported by historical evidence
Wkr8B TIL about Isobel Wylie Hutchison, a Scottish botanist who challenged early 20th-century gender roles by braving the harsh environments of the Arctic and going on "strolls" that went on for hundreds of miles.