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TIL The word 'fiery' is older than the word 'fire'

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0wJNA TIL that according to Welsh legends fairies used to ride corgis into battle
mxW7o TIL about Puzzle Jugs: common in 18th and 19th century taverns/pubs, these ceramic jugs required the drinker to solve a “puzzle” of hidden finger holes and tubes, to drink without spilling the contents of the jug all over themselves
6EBbZ TIL about Pont du Gard, built by the Romans in 1st century AD to carry water. It is over 50km long and the whole aqueduct descends in height by only 12.6 m over its entire length. The aqueduct formerly carried an estimated 40,000 m3 of water a day to the fountains, baths and homes of Nîmes, France
ADLew TIL that a college professor believed that US Pres. Zachary Taylor's death in office (1850) was an assassination. Taylor was exhumed in the late 1980s, but the medical examiner found no signs of poisioning.
Lke59 TIL A place in San Francisco has been making bread with the same starter for 160 years.