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TIL that “Reddit” in latin means “To repeat”.

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VBv9G TIL there is 14-thousand-year-old rock art in the middle of the Sahara desert. The paintings show crocodiles, giraffes, and hippos, from a time when the Sahara was lush grassland and forest, and was able to support these animals.
MG8B TIL Uday Hussein, Saddam’s son, murdered his father’s personal valet and food taster with an electric carving knife in front of dinner guests at Suzanne Mubarak’s birthday party for introducing his father to his second wife.
EgpoX TIL: The zig-zag line on the periodic table is sometimes referred to as the ‘Hays-McDaniel line’ and is named after 2 high school students.
5YEYp TIL the 1985 film "Better Off Dead" was semi-biographical. The writer-director really did have a girlfriend break up with him to go out with the captain of the ski team. He really was heartbroken and suicidal over it...and the paperboy that wanted his two dollars...yeah... that was a thing too!
nErY TIL Christian Bale turned down the role of James Bond, saying “I’ve already played a serial killer.”