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TIL of the GLASGOW ICE CREAM WARS where rival ice cream truck drivers sold Drugs from their trucks, shot at each other, and committed arson throughout the 80’s

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DQVKJ TIL that āhuacatl was the original Nahua and Aztec word for “testicles.”
LkG1d TIL that researchers figured out a way to break into locks by using a smart phone to record the sound of a key being inserted. They were able to narrow down the range from more than 330,000 keys to 3.
xVam1 TIL that George Washington illegally rotated his enslaved personal chef, Hercules, between the Capitol and Mount Vernon to avoid laws that would free him. Hercules eventually escaped to freedom.
pYnJp TIL: The striped head cloths worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt, covering the crown, nape of the neck, and extending down the back were called 'Nemes'. They also had two large flaps, called lappets, which hung down in front of the shoulders and behind the ears.
kOrje TIL That for 15 years during the cold war, the passcode to fire the U.S nuclear arsenal was 00000000