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TIL the Donovan song "Mellow Yellow" was about vibrators

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vP8OR TIL The Order of Assassins (1090 - 1275) were a Shia Islamic order in the Middle East. The Arabic term hashishi (consumer of hashish), a derogatory term for the order, became the root of the term “assassin”. The modern term assassination is believed to stem from the tactics used by the Assassins.
m1n7M TIL of the 'Eddie Murphy Rule' in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act which disallows secretly giving out doctored market information so as to corner a market using false information.
J9aB TIL Forgetting Is Key To A Healthy Mind: Letting go of memories supports a sound state of mind, a sharp intellect–and superior recall
nWG7P TIL the Diving Bell Spider spends almost all it's life underwater, it survives by spinning a web between underwater plants and then carries air from the surface down to its web via its body hairs.
wL9QY TIL the term weed is defined as "a plant considered undesirable in a particular place or situation" and has no taxonomic significance