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TIL that “darling” literally means “favorite minion.”

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8e9Oa TIL the game Rock Paper Scissors dates back to the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) and spread throughout the world via Japan in the early 20th century
65Lm TIL The US government has a law enforcement unit consisting entirely of Native Americans who use indigenous tracking/ranging methods to catch drug smugglers on the US-Mexican border. Their unit is called “The Shadow Wolves.”
Meow0 TIL Legendary screen icon Cary Grant's father put his mother in a mental institution when Grant was 9 and told him his mother had died. Grant didn't find out his mother was still alive until he was 35 when his father confessed the truth on his death bed.
XGPR TIL: Miss Cleo was only paid $1750 for two days of filming, while Psychic Readers Network made over $1 Billion using her face.
9wV76 TIL that in 1942, the British War Office used holidaymakers' photos & postcards of northern european beach towns to help choose a location for the D-Day landings. To disguise this planning, the BBC asked people to send in photos from everywhere between Norway and the French-Spanish border.