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TIL Celery makes some People's tongues numb

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16O18 TIL the .ai domain for artificial intelligence actually stands for Anguilla, a Caribbean island
neEjd TIL Archaeologists have found slingshot balls engraved with “Take that!” or “Catch!”, dating from 4th BC Greece.
Orye TIL in the ancient Olympics, false-starters were whipped
epkNg TIL that the Hoover Dam is still curing. Engineers at the time estimated that it would take around 100 years for the concrete to completely cure.
e0476 TIL of Alcock & Brown, the first aviators to fly across the Atlantic non-stop. Despite the cloud only lifting three times during their journey, Brown had managed to navigate them to within 20 miles of their original target destination using just a sextant and calculus.