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TIL the professionally accepted term for what chiropractors practice is not chiropracty, but chiropractic.

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1a7WD TIL a museum quality T-rex skeleton only costs $100,000 USD, with a skull being just $10,000 USD.
neWNo TIL of Agitprop, a portemanteau of Agitation and Propaganda that was born in Russia 100 years ago that has gone through a recent revival in 21st century as weaponized misinformation through social media.
vaBj TIL the equivalents of the English saying “That’s Greek to me” are “This appears to be Spanish” (German), “This is Russian to me” (Dutch), “It’s German to me” (Philippines), “It’s Hebrew” (Finnish), “It’s Chinese to me” (Hebrew), “Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines” (China).
Barb TIL, in the 1850’s, the South African Xhosa tribe had a teenage prophet who claimed all crops had to be burned and all cattle be killed, so that the spirits can sweep the British settlers to sea. 300k-400k cattle were killed, tragically resulting in famine that even caused cannibalism.
a8pMy TIL Philippines President Ferdinand E. Marcos, who was considered a dictator during the 70's and 80's, used the following campaign slogan: "This nation can be great again"