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TIL: The word “shenanigans” is derived from the Irish expression, “sionnachuighim,” or-“I play the fox.”

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8ekZG TIL that Tom Cruise is the first actor to legally touch the Hollywood sign
8aerV TIL Olympic Gold Medalist and World Record Holder Usain Bolt ate 1,000 chicken nuggets and still managed to win three gold medals while competing and staying in Beijing, China.
P10dV TIL There Are Over 200 Bodies on Mount Everest, And They’re Used as Landmarks
VWkQ TIL there is a video game where you program the movements of a marching band. Micro Marching League.
78MXZ TIL in 2007, a woman successfully appealed her case after being sentenced for breastfeeding her infant while driving on the Ohio Turnpike because her car was registered in Michigan and the judge ruled that the state law forbidding breastfeeding while driving only applied to cars registered in Ohio.