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TIL that “Reddit” in latin means “To repeat”.
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TIL Napoleon’s military tactics are still utilized by armies, and studied by students in academies around the world 200 years later.
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TIL Women have been legally allowed to go topless in public in New York City since 1992
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TIL traders used to bet on interest rate hikes based on how thick Alan Greenspan's briefcase was as he walked into the Fed
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TIL about the Nauruan Civil War. It went on for 10 years, killed more than 1/3 of the population and ended when the German's intervened. Shortly afterwards, it was annexed by Germany.
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TIL When Stephen Hawking’s first wife, Jane, saw the movie script for The Theory of Everything, she deleted all the F-words, saying “Scientists in the 1960s and 70s didn’t use the F-word and I’m pretty sure they don’t now either.”