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TIL that MRI machines were originally called NMRI machines but they were forced to drop the first word - “Nuclear” - due to its negative connotations associated by the public.

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X06lr Til the Great Fire of London Monument has a higher death count then the actual Great Fire of London
aEM9 TIL in early 2000s enterpreneur Ken Belanger sued Microsoft for illegal use of his “Pocket PC” trademark. Ken’s “Pocket PC” was a 1985-made plastic coin with 0 and 1 engraved on front and back sides.
O5j7 TIL that steam pianos used to exist, and they could be audible for miles.
6EbLY TIL of "Mexican Divorce", a practice in the mid 20th century where Americans would divorce in Mexico since it was easier, quicker, and only required the spouses to send in lawyers to the hearings instead of attending themselves.
yA6l TIL: The white people of South Africa are on genocide watch. About 50 people on average are murdered in South-Africa per day, of which at least 20 of them are whites with a 95% black on white murder rate. White people make up only 9% of South Africa’s population.