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TIL: You can close a chrome tab by middle clicking on it!

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18jd TIL that April 1st was originally celebrated as the New Year day, until in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calender to replace the old one. Those who continued celebrating the New Year on April 1st (either rebels or ignorant of the new changes) were thus branded ‘Fools’.
89KZ TIL that each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades represent King David, Clubs represent Alexander the Great, Hearts represent Charles VII, and Diamonds represent Julius Caesar. Same applies to Queens and Knaves also.
P1PWJ TIL the song “Hey There Delilah” was written about a woman who had a different boyfriend and turned down the lead singer of the band.
mxeWO TIL that the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War was neither fought in America nor involved any Americans
x6yjB TIL that in the UK, the number of women (103,575) who applied to study law at the undergraduate level in 2022 was nearly double the number of men (51,865) who did.