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TIL that in the 50s, Orange Julius stands handed out Bible tracts, but by the 70s, adopted the devil as their mascot before being sued.

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bEv7 TIL that a Canadian family concerned that they were too attached to technology decided to spend an entire year living like it was 1986 with no internet, cellphones or cable.
woVJY TIL that David Cronenberg has directed two films named "Crimes of the Future": One in 1970, and another in 2022. Apart from the title, the two films are completely different.
nOYG TIL: The wave that rolls onto a beach is called swash
adpA TIL of a mysterious unsolved murder where two dead men were found wearing lead masks and suits next to a notebook that said “Be at the place arranged at 16.30. Take capsules at 18.30. After feeling the effects, protect half the face with lead masks. Await the agreed signal.”
gMpGX TIL A 2015 study found no evidence that Kalash people of Pakistan are descent from soldiers of of Alexander the Great. The study, however, found that they shared a significant portion of genetic drift with MA-1, a 24,000-year-old Paleolithic Siberian hunter-gatherer fossil and the Yamnaya culture.