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TIL: The phrase "you're joshing me" dates back to 1883 to a man named Josh Tatum, who was a counterfeiter

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701p TIL that starting in 2007, the city of New York began paying for a one-way plane ticket for any homeless person as long as they had a relative elsewhere agree to take them in.
9ww9X TIL that there are twins in British Columbia who are conjoined by the head. Due to them sharing a brain, they can see through each other’s eyes and ‘hear’ each other’s thoughts.
yQX5v TIL that when an explosion's shockwave travels slower than sound, it is considered a deflagration, not a detonation.
a8p40 TIL the Old Testament was first divided into verses in 1440 by a rabbi and the New Testament was divided into chapter and verses in 1551 similar to modern chapter and verse Bibles.
vbPD TIL Philip Morris ran an ad acknowledging “smokers’ cough” in 1943. They claimed it was caused by smoking brands other than Philip Morris.