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TIL That Beginner’s Luck actually has some basis behind it.

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kOE6W TIL in the story of the Jewish Exodus from Egypt, the Torah uses the singular word tzefardeah for frog, not the plural tzefard'im. Some interpret this as meaning Egypt was plagued by a singular frog.
p0Gp TIL during the Cold War, due to high levels of activity, the Soviets thought the building in the courtyard at the center of the Pentagon was a Top Secret meeting location. Little did they know, the building was a hot dog stand
xY4k TIL the man who killed President McKinley, often dismissed as a mentally disturbed anarchist, did it in part due to US policies in the Philippines at the time, which though nearly forgotten today, resulted in the deaths of 200k-250k civilians and over 5,000 US troops
GAXXG TIL about ChexSystems, the reporting agency banks use to determine whether to approve an application for a new checking or savings account.
K894 TIL while in high school the physicist Michio Kaku built a 2.3 million volt atom smasher betatronic accelerator in his garage