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TIL that “exception that proves the rule” is a commonly misused and misunderstood phrase, and that the real meaning is actually pretty obvious. For example, a “No parking on Sundays” sign ‘proves’ you can park there any other day.

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OGZd4 TIL: Many states allows your dog to be a witness at your wedding. Some states allow the dog to also officiate your wedding with a paw print.
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X4yj TIL that there’s a sculpture in front of CIA Headquarters that depicts an encryption that still hasn’t been completely solved yet…
v1VAD TIL that during the Northridge Earthquake, 93-year old Diana Peplow got her WWII-era Red Cross nurse uniform and assisted survivors for over a month.
xVkZg TIL that the classification of “First World” initially had nothing to do with standard of living or GDP. The terms 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world were devised at the onset of the Cold War to describe nations that were either aligned to NATO (1st), aligned to the USSR (2nd), or non-aligned to either (3rd).