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TIL that Up 95% of All Rebates Offered to Consumers for Purchasing Products Go Unclaimed

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ZVl4 TIL the french use the expression “the english have landed” to say a woman is on her period.
Oo6MR TIL the CIA, FBI, & other Govt agencies still use Polygraph tests for screening employees despite no supporting scientific evidence of their effectiveness and being legally banned in the hiring process of most jobs and as evidence in court rooms.
MeeOb TIL if you have one Irish grandparent, you are eligible for Irish citizenship (w/ fee). You don’t need to have even been to Ireland or know the first thing about the country to apply. For non-Europeans, this means you get a passport that allows you to work and live anywhere in the EU.
0wY9M TIL Police in Anderson, California issued and trained their officers to use nunchucks
4BlJ TIL that when George Washington died, Napoleon ordered 10 days of mourning in France