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TIL E is not in the grading system cause there was concern it would be misinterpreted as “Excellent”

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a8Om9 TIL that the US Constitution still grants Congress the power to issue Letters of Marque & Reprisal which would allow privateering on behalf of the US.
9YOwm TIL: In Iranian Cuisine (Chabahar, Balochi style BBQ), they use pomegranate rub to preserve meat up to 2 years in the sun before consuming it.
1a0Pr TIL about anacyclosis: the theory that every form of government (monarchy, aristocracy, democracy) is inherently flawed and will eventually degenerate (tiranny, oligarchy, oclocracy). The cycle between the six stages is inevitable
yOMv TIL While filming The African Queen (1950) in the Congo,everybody on the crew including Katherine Hepburn, became extremely ill with dysentery from drinking the water. Everybody that is except for Humphrey Bogart, who only drank whiskey
nZmb TIL Doctors didn’t wear white coats till the late 1800s. Due to swift advancement in medicine, the public thought discoveries of new antiseptics & the spreading of disease were just mysticism & deceit. In response, doctors adopted the white lab coats to represent a fresh start for the medical field