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Y7BYZ TIL that the word RATIO is semantically related to the word RATIOnal, so an irRATIOnal number is a number that cannot be expressed as a RATIO of two integers. (Sorry for the reworded repost. My last post had the etymology wrong, but apparently it's worth reposting because it helped a lot of people!)
xWEk TIL the kings in the 4 card suits supposedly represent great rulers in history. The king of spades is David, king of Israel; the king of clubs is Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia; the king of hearts is the French king Charlemagne; and the king of diamonds is the Roman Caesar Augustus.
ADXLo TIL In 1983, UK, a man confessed to murder of his wife 2 decades ago after a human skull was found behind his house, only for carbon dating to discover that the skull was actually 1700 years old, while his wife's body were never found. He tried to revoke his confession and failed.
lPV1 TIL that the ratio of CEO pay to average worker is 475:1 in the United States. It is 11:1 in Japan and 12:1 in Germany.
NXQ61 TIL, five parrots at a wildlife park have been removed from public display after they started swearing at visitors.