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TIL that the English word “taboo” comes from the Polynesian word “tapu”, which means too sacred to touch and therefore off limits

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W7XvA TIL about French geologist Michel Siffre, who in a 1962 experiment spent 2 months in a cave without any references to the passing time. He eventually settled on a 25 hour day and thought it was a month earlier than the date he finally emerged from the cave
ewQ4 TIL that Calvin Graham enlisted in the Navy in 1942 at age 12. He shipped out and became the youngest decorated veteran, earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. His mom saw him in a newsreel and notified the Navy who then threw him in the brig, stripped him of his medals and revoked his benefits.
RwX7 TIL a list was compiled of actors with the most on-screen kills, which included (understandably) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Clint Eastwood, but also at #7, beating out Jet Li, is Nicolas Cage with 204 on-screen kills.
ewpE TIL that ‘Seinfeld’ has earned over $2.7 billion since it went off air in 1998.
R76g1 TIL that back on June 3rd 1980 a computer chip costing 46 cents malfunctioned and almost started World War III.