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TIL the French word for ‘walkie-talkie’ is 'talkie-walkie’.

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7rVJX TIL in the 1950s more than 77% of all German government officials and judges were (former) nazis, which is an even higher percentage than during the actual Third Reich itself.
xPa5 TIL In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
Nr56 TIL that when our sun becomes a red giant, Saturn’s moon Titan will become warm enough for life to possibly evolve in manner similar to Earth. These conditions would persist for a hundred million years
WxA9 TIL Albert Einstein would appear to women in a silk bathrobe where it would “accidentally” pop open. He would then make a move depending on the woman’s reaction.[30:04]
6E5mW TIL Ed O'Neil (Married With Children) is a Brazilian Jiu-JItsu Black Belt