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TIL the word “whiskey” comes from a Gaelic phrase meaning “water of life”

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D07e TIL, “No one in the U.S. has died from a black widow spider bite in over 10 years.”
vPXZB TIL San Marino has two heads of state at once (a diarchy). The heads of state, called "Captains Regent" serve 6-month long terms. They currently have the youngest head of state in the world at 27 and have had a more female heads of state than any other nation with 18.
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