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TIL Euchre is responsible for introducing the joker into the modern deck of cards

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yV8nl TIL that aqueducts are water channels that use gravity to move water from a source to a destination. An ancient Roman aqueduct used only a 51 foot height difference to push water down a 31-mile-long path, resulting in as little as a 1-inch drop to push water 1,500 feet.
b6gQj TIL: Asymptomatic pigs can carry BSE(Mad Cow Disease) prions and become a reservoir for the disease.
e07Bg TIL that after British ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died, a campaign was started to bring "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" from "The Wizard of Oz"to the top of the music charts. It sold over 50,000 copies and entered at Number Two.
LkQVd TIL in 2005 a Psychologist working for the defense to of serial killer Dennis Rader (BTK) hired former reality television star Omarosa Manigault to produce a "high-quality" video of Rader to "humanize" him at sentencing. The tape was not used at trial and instead ended up on Dateline NBC.
awOKZ TIL that Touchstone Pictures was created by Disney for PG-13 and R-rated films. Ever since then, Disney has released films deemed inappropriate to be released under the Disney label as Touchstone.