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TIL The word "Phony" comes from the pirate slang word "Fawney," which means "fake gold rings"

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l7Kn1 TIL that the saliva of Komodo dragons often contains blood because their teeth are almost entirely covered by gum tissue, which frequently tears during feeding
j6jXp TIL that Australia’s Mount Wingen has been burning for 6,000 years. A lightning strike or brush fire ignited a coal seam there around 4000 B.C., and it’s been smoldering ever since.
wLlMP TIL about Space Invaders : Adjusted for inflation, the many versions of the game are estimated to have grossed over $13 billion in total revenue as of 2016, making it the highest-grossing video game of all time.
Xv6r TIL that there’s an urbex movement in Paris that documents and repairs the city’s underworld, including secretly fixing the Panthéon’s clock because the government couldn’t be bothered to do so.
loBJa TIL there were ethnic German villages in Turkey until the last villager died in 1999