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TIL: Lucifer is Latin for “light bringer”

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4X0gN TIL that the Torch Relay in the Olympic Games was actually invented by Germans in 1936 as political propaganda used by the Nazis to promote their cause in conjunction with the Olympics.
W7ox8 TIL: Staufen, Germany, a picturesque town with buildings dating to the 16th century, is literally being destroyed by a failed attempt to harness geothermal energy.
yQVGe TIL Compuserve, my first personal 'online' experience (after Usenet in college) still had active forums running, until today...
6E4PY TIL that in 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that the US unjustly took 73 million acres of tribal land from the Sioux, including the sacred Black Hills. The Supreme Court the US to pay recompense totaling over $1 billion. The Sioux have never taken the money, instead demanding the return of the land.
BMBd TIL most wasabi sold in the US is just horseradish with food coloring.