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TIL if you were a member of the Peace Corps, you are disqualified from working for military intelligence.

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R7XWj TIL We are still evolving more and more humans are born with an extra artery in the arm
knEB TIL that medieval peasants received more vacation time than the average American. Their workdays also included time for leisurely meals and an afternoon nap.
QBZE TIL that since Paul G. Lind of Portland, Oregon, loved to play Scrabble so much, his family and friends decided to have a Scrabble-themed tombstone made just for him when he died in 2005.
VBGw8 TIL that during the 19th Century, "&" was taught as the 27th letter of the alphabet. The alphabet ended with "X, Y, Z, and per se and", but this became slurred over time until it just became "ampersand".
GYmDg TIL in 1945 the Soviet Union invited top leaders of the Polish government in exile to Moscow under a promise of safe conduct to participate in talks on the post war government. Upon their arrival, they were instead arrested, tortured, and convicted in subsequent show trials as German collaborators