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TIL Ip Man was Bruce Lee's Teacher.
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TIL the word rooster was coined by English colonial protestants in the 1700s as an alternative to the word cock, in order to avoid the vulgar connotations. Until relatively recent times, this was primarily an Americanism, with most of the English speaking world still using cock for a male chicken.
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TIL That Mormons have a worldwide disaster preparedness network with tons of stored food, a supply distribution chain, and backup communications network. When there is no emergency, they give the food away.
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TIL the Philippines was assigned on the eastern side of the International Date Line, making it one day behind its Asian neighbors until 1844.
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TIL that Lance Armstrong owns a coffee shop called Juan Pelota Cafe. Juan is a homophone for “one” and “pelota” is Spanish for ball.
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TIL there is a pill that gets you drunker with less booze and reduces hangover symptoms.