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TIL that South Carolina is the dumbest state in America.

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4XAX5 TIL that the Syndey Opera House is considered one of the worst project managerment failures of our time. It was 10 years late, 14 times over budget, the architect never saw it completed and the project manager never worked on another project in his career (he became a lecturer at Hawaii Uni)
GYN5E TIL Pope Gregory IX declared that cats were associated with the devil and had them exterminated across Europe. It's believed that the disappearance of cats helped rats proliferate and spread the bubonic plague.
b9ZxQ TIL that after his term as president, William Howard Taft returned to a career in law and eventually became Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
VM1yQ TIL The aversion of most predators toward hunting honey badgers has led to the suggestion that the countershaded coats of cheetah cubs evolved in imitation of the honey badger's colouration, which warns off predators.
e0bgE TIL "Mayday" comes from the French word "M'aidez" meaning "Help Me"