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TIL the word fiasco, associated with failure, is also the name of the iconic Chianti straw bottle wrap

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v1wAL TIL that there was a persistent myth that a race of pygmy humans lived in Tennessee. In reality, these were normal bones of Native Americans secondarily buried in short stone coffins.
PY5Dw TIL that in Kosovo, boys are sometimes given the name Tonibler in honor of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair due to his role in the 1999 NATO air campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War
yK4X TIL Though Jews make up a mere 0.25 percent of the world’s population they account, for 27 percent of all American Nobel Prize winners, 25 percent of all ACM Turing Award winners for computer science, and 50 percent of the globe’s chess champions.
oX9E TIL once Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World Max Baer wore a Star of David during his title match against Hitler’s favorite fighter, Max Schmeling. Baer won the bout and continued wearing the Star of David throughout the remainder of his career.
4gR TIL: while James Cameron was writing his first screen play (Terminator) he was living in his car.