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TIL “Sherpa” is an ethnic group, not a job title. The Sherpa people are revered as great mountaineers, so the word is now synonymous.

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4Xgra TIL that Walt Disney's original idea for EPCOT was an entire city of people living in Disney World. Everyone was required to work, and since EPCOT would own their land or home, nobody would have any municipal voting rights.
Wjg9 TIL Pork butt is actually from a pig’s shoulder and the ‘butt’ has nothing to do with the animal
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