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TIL Jews are stereotyped as “cheap” because in the Middle Ages the Catholic Church forbade Christians to lend money with interest and Jews were legally restricted to certain occupations, so many Jews became “Money Lenders” and were subsequently labeled as greedy and money-mad.

R7mj8 TIL in 1928 a mail plane crashed into Georgia's Stone Mountain. The pilot not only survived the crash, but manually picked up the mail and descended the mountain himself.
WxjX TIL in 1975, a 15-year-old girl was beaten to death, with the primary suspects in the murder being Kennedy-Cousins Thomas and Michael Skakel. Although Michael Skakel was overheard in 1978 stating, “I’m going to get away with murder. I’m a Kennedy”, it was not until 2002 that he was convicted.
v1M74 TIL that the reason why we clink our glasses and say cheers originated from the medieval ages, it was quite popular to poison your enemies drink. Therefore, men would clank their cups together hard and spill each other’s cups ensuring the man you were drinking with was not poisoning you.
vg8 TIL The USA basketball team controversially won silver against the USSR at the 1972 Olympic games, and to this day the team refuses to collect their medals
Bgmak TIL if you're legally in possession of human remains in the US, you can dispose of them at sea for free as long as you're at least 3 nautical miles from shore, properly prepare the body or ashes, and notify the EPA within 30 days