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TIL that “preposterous” is essentially Latin for “ass-backwards”

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GYKWQ TIL that Bingo was the name of the farmer, not the dog
y9e8 TIL Mexico exports more beer than any other country, both by volume and value. 75% of that beer goes to the United States.
9LbM TIL Bob Marley was seen as a “white man” in his native Jamaica, due to having a British father, and he suffered racism and discrimination when growing up. One of Bob’s early romances had a brother who stopped the relationship as he “didn’t want no white man” in our family.
9wBoM TIL the first female US senator was also the last slave-owning US senator
ep7EL TIL about the “golden horse”, thought to be the oldest existing horse breed, and has a very distinctive metallic sheen to their coats.