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TIL why lawyers say 'attorney at law'. It's to distinguish them from attornies in fact, which is when you give a relative the legal power to make decisions on your behalf. Attorney at law is a legally trained representative who acts for a party.

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ne7DG TIL the term "meme" was created by Richard Dawkins in 1976 as a shortened version of the Greek word mimeme, which means imitated thing.
9wPQX TIL about the Sprint Missile. Which when shot from its launch tube accelerated at 100g and reached Mach 10 in only 5 seconds. The friction from the air was so intense it generated plasma around itself, with the capability of reaching up to 19 miles in a mere 15 seconds.
07K5 TIL That the word “bedlam”, meaning chaos, is derived from the infamous Bedlam insane asylum established in 1247. It was notorious for its brutal treatment of the mentally ill, and for allowing fee paying spectators to watch the “bedlam”.
wLM5J TIL Elephant's Foot, in Room 215 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, a mass of corium and other materials formed, creating an foot like shape (hence the time), In the 80s it had enough radiation built up in it that it could kill you in 5 minutes, as the radiation was insanely powerful.
wLOaY TIL one of the origin theories of the modern military salute comes from France. Knights were thought to greet one another in respect by lifting their visor with their free hand to reveal their face. The hand gesture of lifting the visor being similar to the "salute" hand gesture we do today.