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TIL Freedom of Speech clause of the US Constitution specifically refers only to the government restricting your freedom of speech, not other people.

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BrrZr TIL that The Price Is Right and Grand Theft Auto logos use the same font
MlBa TIL that an ice hockey team composed entirely of Icelandic players that were rejected by other teams because of their ethnicity went on to win Canada’s first ever Olympic gold medal in ice hockey
bDn0 TIL in Arthurian legend Arthur’s helmet was called ‘Goosewhite’, his lance was called 'Ron’ and his battlecry was 'Clarence!’
WmNB TIL learned that the “Groundhog Day” loop could have lasted upwards to 10,000 years and as little as 10 years according to the Writer and Director Harold Ramis
6E8Gm TIL The reason Christmas is sometimes abbreviated to "X-mas" is because the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Christós (Χριστός), which became Christ in English. The suffix -mas is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass.